I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody. T. Boone Pickens More Quotes by T. Boone Pickens More Quotes From T. Boone Pickens 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. We've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of American soldiers have died securing Middle East oil. T. Boone Pickens oildecisionsoldier 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. T. Boone Pickens realizingenergyamerica Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. T. Boone Pickens supportnamestrying 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. T. Boone Pickens oiliraqthinking I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. T. Boone Pickens patiencepastthinking I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. T. Boone Pickens aquiferswellsproblem 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. T. Boone Pickens sharefeelingsaverage 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 shortagegasoline If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. T. Boone Pickens refineryoiluse 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 works. T. Boone Pickens commoditylooksneeds I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail. T. Boone Pickens failinggovernmentbelieve You give the money where you want it. T. Boone Pickens wantgiving 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 the dividends. Send it back to the stockholder. Let them invest their money again from the dividends. T. Boone Pickens increaseshouldthinking If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them. T. Boone Pickens huntstriggersifs If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team. T. Boone Pickens fundingteamifs 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. T. Boone Pickens voicesoundthinking I don't need any more money. T. Boone Pickens more-moneyneeds 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. T. Boone Pickens gamblingmotherfather Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders. T. Boone Pickens fourbusinesspay I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. T. Boone Pickens failurebusinessbelieve
