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
team funding ifs
If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.
triggers hunts ifs
If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
fundamentals
Fundamentals make the market.
mother father gambling
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.
needs looks commodity
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.
sleep eight hours
Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.
gasoline shortage
We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
issues glasses sides
If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.
hunting elephants rabbits
When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits.
thinking ideas wind
Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.
ambition scales my-ambition
On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.
names support trying
Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
america energy realizing
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.
believe oil gasoline
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.