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American - Businessman Born: March 23, 1952

Valdez was a devastating experience for our corporation. What emerged from that was a commitment to develop a systematic approach to managing risk in advance. Rex Tillerson

Experience, Commitment, Risk, Approach

There are a thousand ways you can be told 'no' in this country. Rex Tillerson

You, Country, Ways, Thousand

In the business world, we can point to instances when a lack of integrity has bankrupted entire companies - in sectors as different as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy. Rex Tillerson

Business, Integrity, Finance, World

I never saw a bureaucracy produce a single barrel of oil. Rex Tillerson

Oil, Bureaucracy, Never, Single, Saw

In any country when you're going to make significant commitments, you have to look the head of state of that country eyeball to eyeball and say to them, 'I'm going to make this commitment, and I'm counting on you and your commitments.' Rex Tillerson

Commitment, You, Look, Say, Country

You'd be surprised how many times I've had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, 'Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back and tell him this.' Rex Tillerson

Me, Influence, Conversation, Look, Know

We've been hydraulically fracturing wells in large numbers since the 1960s, first developed in 1940. Rex Tillerson

Numbers, First, Been, Large, Since

The consequences of a misstep in a well, while large to the immediate people that live around that well, in the great scheme of things are pretty small, and even to the immediate people around the well, they could be mitigated. Rex Tillerson

Great, Live, People, Small, Consequences

I'm not disputing that increasing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere is going to have an impact. It'll have a warming impact. Rex Tillerson

Impact, Going, Atmosphere, CO2, Warming

We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil. Rex Tillerson

Money, Think, Kind, Only, Going, Invest

We have spent our entire existence adapting. Rex Tillerson

Existence, Our, Spent, Adapting, Entire

The disciplined approach to pursuing and selecting the most attractive investment opportunities continues to distinguish ExxonMobil. We are long-term driven, and we're patient. And we're not opportunity-constrained. Rex Tillerson

Opportunities, Investment, Patient, Most

For many years now, ExxonMobil has held the view that the risks of climate change are serious and do warrant action. Rex Tillerson

Change, Risks, Action, View, Serious

We are grounded in the reality of the day and grounded in the technology of the day. Just saying 'turn the taps off' is not acceptable to humanity. Rex Tillerson

Technology, Day, Reality, Saying, Turn

At some point, policymakers will get around to dealing with additional policies around climate in ways to incentivize certain behaviors. Rex Tillerson

Will, Point, Dealing, Get, Ways, Some

When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some new breakthrough in energy to become the dominant source. Rex Tillerson

Energy, Picture, New, Oil, Breakthrough

My philosophy is to make money. Rex Tillerson

Money, Philosophy, Make

The history of Iranian foreign investment in the past, their terms were always quite challenging, quite difficult. Rex Tillerson

History, Past, Investment, Always, Quite

When I was growing up, I was regularly involved in local activities such as food collections, food kitchens, and other initiatives. Rex Tillerson

Food, Growing Up, Growing, Up, Involved

Through my career at ExxonMobil, I've been actively involved in United Way campaigns. Rex Tillerson

Career, Way, Through, Involved, United

People go out; they take risk; they find a way to develop resources that were previously not accessible, not available because of technological reasons. Rex Tillerson

People, Find, Way, Risk, Technological

We don't discount that people's fears are their fears. Rex Tillerson

People, Discount, Fears

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things. Rex Tillerson

Energy, Independence, Security, Two

Gasoline prices are a direct reflection of the cost of the raw materials to produce the gasoline, no different than any other product that you would buy, whether it's a good or some other consumable, or it's a luxury item. It's all a function of what do the raw materials cost. Rex Tillerson

Good, Reflection, You, Luxury, Product

We've recognized that natural gas would be the fastest-growing of the conventional fuels: oil, natural gas, coal. And so, we see the important role that natural gas will play globally and, more importantly, the important role it will play in the U.S. in terms of meeting future energy demand. Rex Tillerson

Future, Energy, Play, Meeting, Important

We have been blessed in many respects with the explosion of the development of shale gas resources here in North America. It's both U.S. and in Canada. Rex Tillerson

Blessed, America, Canada, Development

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