Boone Pickens
Boone Pickens
Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of September 2014, Pickens has a net worth of $1 billion...
bad-ass firsts billions
The first billion is a helluva lot harder.
triggers hunts ifs
If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
needs looks commodity
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.
fundamentals
Fundamentals make the market.
sleep eight hours
Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.
issues glasses sides
If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.
hunting elephants rabbits
When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits.
gasoline shortage
We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
patience thinking past
I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.
worst persons handle
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.
talking want energy
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.
differences trying making-a-difference
I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
needs more-money
I don't need any more money.
money believe talking
We've got all these politicians talking about better health care and what all, but believe me, we're not going to have the money to take care of sick people.. or anyone else as far as I'm concerned.. if we don't fix our energy problem right now. I've got an idea what to do. It might not be a perfect idea, but hell, none of my best ideas have been perfect.