T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens
Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens, is an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of September 2014, Pickens has a net worth of $1 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 May 1928
CountryUnited States of America
air water people
I know what people say, that water's a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you shouldn't charge for water. Okay, watch what happens you won't have any water
worst persons handle
Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person's money without respect for how hard it was to earn.
average feelings share
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.
real blow stuff
When you blow away the foam, you get down to the real stuff.
opinion
I've got an opinion on everything.
years married over-50
I've been married over 50 years of my life.
giving needs steps
I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if you have to. I spend what I need to and give it away.
oil decision soldier
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.
important looks belive
I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
bad-ass firsts billions
The first billion is a helluva lot harder.
oil opec free-market
There is no free market for oil.
heaven want faces
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.
patience thinking past
I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.
thinking oil iraq
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.