Jay paul getty quotes about family love

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put. Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers.

They just sit there. Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

“I hate to be a failure.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. I have never been given to envy — save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

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