Quotes By T. Boone Pickens
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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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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As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down.
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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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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 have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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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 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.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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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'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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You can't invest in natural gas on a daily basis. It's too volatile. But if you think of natural gas as a long-term holding, then you push your profit horizon out. A long-term time horizon would be at least two years.
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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.
T. Boone Pickens
I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
T. Boone Pickens
In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
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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.
T. Boone Pickens