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" I don't need any more money. "

T. Boone Pickens

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" Fundamentals make the market. "

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

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

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" I never did anything dishonest. "

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" 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. "

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" The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. "

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

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

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" 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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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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" There is no free market for oil. "

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" You give the money where you want it. "

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

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" 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. "

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