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" 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
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" 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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" The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Think
" I've got an opinion on everything. "
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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 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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You
Oil
" 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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Family
Want
" I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours. "
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Work
Sleep
Say
" You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. "
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Want
You
Compete
" 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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Better
Transportation
America
" Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out. "
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Everything
Oil
Keep
" Fundamentals make the market. "
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Market
Fundamentals
Make
" 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. "
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Transportation
Environmental
Better
" Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours. "
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Sure
Work
Eight
" On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. "
T. Boone Pickens
Scale
Ambition
" 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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Try
Mistake
Place
" I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody. "
T. Boone Pickens
Myself
Trying
Large
" If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. "
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Use
Refinery
You
" 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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Mother
Analysis
Gift
" I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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New
Look
" I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. "
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Than
" 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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Know
" As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down. "
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Energy
" There is no free market for oil. "
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Oil
Market
Free Market
" I don't need any more money. "
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Any
Need
More
" I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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Failure
Look
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" Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters. "
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Myself
Computer
Market