Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Socrates Onassis, commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek shipping magnate. Onassis amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was known for his business success, his great wealth and also his personal life, including his marriage to Athina Livanos, daughter of shipping tycoon Stavros G. Livanos, his affair with the opera singer Maria Callas and his marriage in 1968 to Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 January 1906
CityIzmir, Turkey
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
I guess the kid had everything but the luck.
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
The more you own, the more you know you don't own.
Find a priest who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin.
In business we cut each others' throats, but now and then we sit around the same table and behave-for the sake of the ladies.
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
The only rule is there are no rules.
I hate the opera. I think I must have a tin ear. No matter how hard I concentrate it still sounds like a bunch of Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other.
To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.
I've just been a machine for making money. I seem to have spent my life in a golden tunnel looking for the outlet which would lead to happiness. But the tunnel kept going on. After my death there will be nothing left.
Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.