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" I never did anything dishonest. "

T. Boone Pickens

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" 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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" 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 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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" Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours. "

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

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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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" 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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" You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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" I've got an opinion on everything. "

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

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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'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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" You can't invest in natural gas on a daily basis. It's too volatile. But if you think of natural gas as a long-term holding, then you push your profit horizon out. A long-term time horizon would be at least two years. "

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