John Paul Getty Jr. Quotes

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

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.

Money is like manure: if you don't spread it around, nothing grows.

There's enough wealth in the world that no one should go without.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn't be about the money.

If women had better access to the financial system - even so much as a basic deposit account at a bank - it would be a major step in the direction of greater wealth and greater economic empowerment.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

Our core attention is to bring prosperity in the life of common man, and all-out resources have been used for his facilitation.

Money is the great equalizer.

Money in the hands of one or two men is like a dungheap in a barnyard. So long as it lies in a mass, it does no good; but, if it is only spread out evenly on the land, everything will grow.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

Prosperity isn't something that squirts out of rich people.

I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.

I say I don't need a tax cut. It will not do me any more good. I can't buy more, I can't eat more, I can't do more, and I want it distributed among the ordinary people who work every day.

All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money, on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would've done as good without an education.

Remember, America's greatness is based on creating wealth like the rest of the world has never known, and then, making sure it's shared throughout a middle class and even the underprivileged.

Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty.

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.

People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.

Financial inclusion matters not only because it promotes growth, but because it helps ensure prosperity is widely shared. Access to financial services plays a critical role in lifting people out of poverty, in empowering women, and in helping governments deliver services to their people.

We should see better and more direct measurements of economic well being.