Rex Tillerson Quotes - Page 2

American - Businessman Born: March 23, 1952

All things come down to your personal relationships. Rex Tillerson

Down, Personal, Relationships, Your

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

Look, Commitment, You, Country, Say

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, Look, You, Influence, Back, Know

Because we have a society that by and large is illiterate in these areas - science, math and engineering - what we do is a mystery to them, and they find it scary. And because of that, it creates easy opportunities for opponents of development, activist organizations, to manufacture fear. Rex Tillerson

Science, Fear, Society, Mystery, Easy

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, Small, People, 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, Atmosphere, Going, Emissions

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, Only, Kind, Get, Our

We have spent our entire existence adapting. Rex Tillerson

Existence, Our, Spent, Entire, Adapting

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, View, Climate Change, Now

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, Saying, Reality, Turn

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

Will, Some, Climate, Get, Point, Ways

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

Picture, Energy, New, Oil, Some, Become

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, Difficult, Investment

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

Volunteering is a way to quickly become part of your new community, make connections, and start to feel at home. That doesn't just benefit the individual. It benefits the company, too. Rex Tillerson

Home, Community, Feel, Start, New, Way

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

Way, Career, Through, Been, Involved

The Boy Scouts, of course, had an influence on me because I learned about service in the community. Rex Tillerson

Me, Community, Service, Boy, Influence

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, Way, Find, Go, Risk, Out

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

Independence, Energy, Security, Things

We go out, we explore, we take risk. And our successes have to pay for all that. Rex Tillerson

Go, Risk, Explore, Pay, Out, Our

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, Function

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, Canada, Development, America

The fact is the U.S. has enormous resource potential available to it. Rex Tillerson

Potential, Fact, Resource, Available

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