T. Boone Pickens
T. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 May 1928
CountryUnited States of America
hard-work way late
Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it.
determination elephants want
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.
iran years russia
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.
communication writing talking
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.
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A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!
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There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that.
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A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.
levels want highest
You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
names support trying
Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
ambition scales my-ambition
On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.
predictability
Predictability can lead to failure.
average feelings share
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.
aquifers problem wells
I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
opinion
I've got an opinion on everything.