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Aristotle Onassis
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thumb|right|Aristotle Onassis in 1967
Aristotle Sokrates Onassis (15 January 1906 – 15 March 1975) was a Greek shipping magnate.
Quotes
Five tankers—and the only time I had to put my hand in my pocket was to scratch my balls.
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978), p. 118 (p. 107 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
About his five tankers made in Sparrow Point, Baltimore, MD in 1948
I guess the kid had everything but the luck.
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 217 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
About Bobby Kennedy's death
I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations.
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 73 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.
Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 283 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."
Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)
External links
The Life of Aristotle Onassis
The Onassis Foundation
Category:Businesspeople from Greece
Category:Diplomats of Greece
Category:1906 births
Category:1975 deaths