Best 12 quotes of Paul Getty on MyQuotes

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.