T. Boone Pickens Professions : Financier Born : May 22, 1928 Browse All Authors Top 62 quotes by T. Boone Pickens A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech. T. Boone Pickens plans speech action Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours. T. Boone Pickens hours eight sleep Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire. T. Boone Pickens leadership life fall 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 the trail for a rabbit. T. Boone Pickens elephants determination goal A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan! T. Boone Pickens fool plans genius Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters. T. Boone Pickens news computer use 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. T. Boone Pickens pairs want-something looks Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person's money without respect for how hard it was to earn. T. Boone Pickens worst handle persons On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. T. Boone Pickens my-ambition scales ambition You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. T. Boone Pickens highest levels want Fundamentals make the market. T. Boone Pickens fundamentals It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground. T. Boone Pickens oil new-york looks Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it. T. Boone Pickens late hard-work way 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. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis. T. Boone Pickens communication writing talking 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 than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela. T. Boone Pickens iran russia years 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. T. Boone Pickens faces want heaven Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money. T. Boone Pickens wind ideas thinking A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan. T. Boone Pickens fool plans genius When you blow away the foam, you get down to the real stuff. T. Boone Pickens foam real blow When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits. T. Boone Pickens hunting elephants rabbits Similar Authors Arpad Busson financier Allen Stanford financier Bernard Baruch financier Carl Pohlad financier Edward Francis Hutton financier Leon Levy financier All Authors
