T. Boone Pickens Quotes

I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
T. Boone Pickens

Care, American, Whether

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.
T. Boone Pickens

Family, Tell, Face

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.
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Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
T. Boone Pickens

Everything, Try, Support

As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down.
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Long, Political, Down

Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out.
T. Boone Pickens

Everything, Big, Keep

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.
T. Boone Pickens

Feeling, Few, Themselves

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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Power, Become, Rather

Fundamentals make the market.
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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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Trying, Difference, Anybody

I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I've been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises.
T. Boone Pickens

Down, Keep, Happens

I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.
T. Boone Pickens

Government, Control, Fail

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.
T. Boone Pickens

Best, Decide, Wear

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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Money, Again, Company

I don't need any more money.
T. Boone Pickens

I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price.
T. Boone Pickens

Situation, Call, Happened

I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
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Life, Problem, Wells

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
T. Boone Pickens

Failure, Important, Show

I never did anything dishonest.
T. Boone Pickens

I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
T. Boone Pickens

Work, Sleep, Same

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.
T. Boone Pickens

Mother, Father, Gift

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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Blame, Made, Find

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.
T. Boone Pickens

Energy, Talking, Focused

I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
T. Boone Pickens

Failure, Important, Show

I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: May 22, 1928

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