T. Boone Pickens Quotes
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.
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If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.
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Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out.
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I don't like stock buybacks. I think if a company has the money to buy their stock back, then they should take that and increase the dividends. Send it back to the stockholder. Let them invest their money again from the dividends.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.
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I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.
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To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email.
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.