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" As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down. "
T. Boone Pickens
Space
Long
Energy
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" The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. "
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World
" 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. "
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See
You
Voice
" Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline. "
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Up
Down
" 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. "
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Believe
You
Oil
" The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth. "
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American
Energy
People
" In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. "
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Plan
Energy
America
" 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. "
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Talking
Energy
Know
" 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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Long
Time
Problem
" It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground. "
T. Boone Pickens
New
Ground
Look
" 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
Price
Believe
Control
" I don't need any more money. "
T. Boone Pickens
Any
Need
More
" Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America. "
T. Boone Pickens
Better
Transportation
America
" I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours. "
T. Boone Pickens
Work
Sleep
Say
" On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. "
T. Boone Pickens
Scale
Ambition
" Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource. "
T. Boone Pickens
Transportation
Environmental
Better
" Fundamentals make the market. "
T. Boone Pickens
Market
Fundamentals
Make
" I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. "
T. Boone Pickens
More
Patience
Than
" I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. "
T. Boone Pickens
Had
Problem
Life
" 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
Mother
Analysis
Gift
" I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody. "
T. Boone Pickens
Myself
Trying
Large
" 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. "
T. Boone Pickens
Good
Important
Power
" 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. "
T. Boone Pickens
Cheap
Best
Will
" There is no free market for oil. "
T. Boone Pickens
Oil
Market
Free Market
" You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. "
T. Boone Pickens
Want
You
Compete
" I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
T. Boone Pickens
Failure
Look
New
" 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
Like
Money
Think
" 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
Going
Us
Up
" 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
Republican
Family
Want
" If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. "
T. Boone Pickens
Use
Refinery
You
" 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
Look
Market
You