J. Paul Getty

"If you can count your money, you don’t have a billion dollars."

- J. Paul Getty

"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"

- J. Paul Getty

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."

- J. Paul Getty

"Formula for Success: Rise Early, Work Hard, Strike Oil."

- J. Paul Getty

"The employer generally gets the employees he deserves."

- J. Paul Getty

"Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells."

- J. Paul Getty

"Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing."

- J. Paul Getty

"Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That’s not just a catchy slogan. It’s the very essence of successful investing."

- J. Paul Getty

"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you’re just sitting still?"

- J. Paul Getty

"To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business."

- J. Paul Getty