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" As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down. "

" Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out. "

" 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. "

" Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. "

" Fundamentals make the market. "

" I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody. "

" I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I've been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises. "

" I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail. "

" I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't need any more money. "

" 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. "

" I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. "

" If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them. "

" If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team. "

" If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. "

" I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "

" I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I never did anything dishonest. "

" In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. "

" I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours. "

" It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground. "

" I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. "

" It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil. "

" I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "

" I've been married over 50 years of my life. "

" I've got an opinion on everything. "

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