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List of T. Boone Pickens Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 57 inspiring quotes by T. Boone Pickens.

About T. Boone Pickens

  • Born: May 22, 1928
  • Occupation: Financier
    • I've been married over 50 years of my life.
    Years Married Over 50
    I've got an opinion on everything. sure, you ought to do ocs, you ought to do renewables, you ought to do biofuels, you ought to do ethanol, all of them. those are ours and we've got to get off the dependency on the foreign oil.
    Opinion
    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.
    Thinking Increase Should
    I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.
    Believe Government Failing
    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.
    Needs Looks Commodity
    We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
    Gasoline Shortage
    If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.
    Team Funding Ifs
    You give the money where you want it.
    Giving Want
    For decades, our dependence on opec oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the middle east at an incredible price. we've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of american soldiers have died securing middle east oil.
    Oil Decision Soldier
    There is no free market for oil.
    Oil Opec Free Market
    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.
    Believe Oil Gasoline
    In the history of america, we've never had an energy plan. we don't even realize the resources that we have available to us.
    America Energy Realizing
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