I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn’t raiding anybody. — T. Boone Pickens
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the “four p’s” – pay, perks — T. Boone Pickens
I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours – be sure they’re not the same eight hours. — T. Boone Pickens
I don’t go cheap on anything, but I’m not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it — T. Boone Pickens
I don’t care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it’s american. — T. Boone Pickens
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
I don’t think for a minute we went to iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. — T. Boone Pickens
Send it back to the stockholder. Let them invest their money again from the dividends. — T. Boone Pickens
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
I’m amused when congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. — T. Boone Pickens
The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother’s gift for analysis. — T. Boone Pickens
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
If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you’ll have a competitive team. — T. Boone Pickens
If somebody I don’t like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don’t hunt for them. — T. Boone Pickens
It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the new york stock exchange than in the ground. — T. Boone Pickens
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
Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. — T. Boone Pickens
To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred — T. Boone Pickens
There’s no question that tar sands in canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the u.s. — T. Boone Pickens