T. Boone Pickens Quotes

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• The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off…
• Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas.…
• The first billion is a helluva lot harder.
• For decades, our dependence on OPEC oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the Middle East at an incredible price.…
• I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
• I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if you have to.…
• Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather…
• There is no free market for oil.
• We are now spending half a trillion dollars on foreign oil, importing 62 percent of the oil we use, and we haven't had the leadership…
• When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it…
• A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.
• Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.
• If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.
• Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it.
• When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits.
• In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources that we have available to us.
• I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
• 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…
• A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.
• A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!

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