J. Paul Getty

"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."

"The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights."

"I buy when other people are selling."

"No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist."

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

"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying."