T. Boone Pickens

“You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.”

“If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.”

“Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.”

“If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.”

“You give the money where you want it.”

“As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.”

“Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.”

“I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.”

“I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.”

“Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.”

“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.”

“The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.”