Quotes from T. Boone Pickens

On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.

Never Googled myself. I use a computer for market quotes and news, but I've never Googled myself. But I have visited their headquarters.

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.

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.

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.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline.

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.

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

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.

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.

A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.

When you are hunting elephants, don't get distracted chasing rabbits.

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.

The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it.

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

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

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

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.

I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.

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.

I never did anything dishonest.

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.