T Boone Pickens Quotes

120 T Boone Pickens Quotes

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A fool with a plan can outsmart a genius with no plan any day.
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[At the age of 80] What I learned at eighty: the best part of the game truly lies ahead.
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Don’t rush the monkey, and you’ll see a better show.
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My single-minded focus gave me an edge…
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The one thing that… is the difference between success and failure: taking risks.
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When I have the odds in my favor, I put my money up and keep it up. If the fundamentals change, I get the hell out of there.
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I was up to my ass in alligators.
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I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last night.
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I find that the more generous I am, the more I get in return, and the more I get in return, the more generous I am.
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Show up early. Work hard. Stay late. Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.
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The first billion is the hardest…
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A big deal takes as much time as a little deal.
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There is nothing better than being the underdog.
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The more people count me out, the more I count myself in.
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Everybody loves an underdog.
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I was at a point where most people would be happy to call it quits. Not this cowboy…
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Determination and ingenuity can yield the solutions we seek.
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Hard work was nothing new to me.
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I was now going to succeed or fall on my ass.
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It amazes me that a trader would invest money based on what a computer tells him or her to do instead of relying on research to predict price movement.
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Those who trade on technical analysis frequently succumb to a pack mentality because their actions are computer-driven or chart-driven, instead of the result of knowledge and experience.
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A real leader never leads by fear.
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I like to think I’m as creative in philanthropy as I am in my business.
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The feeding trough in America is endless. Everyone can step up. All you have to do is work hard and take advantage of the opportunities you’re given.
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You lead by example.
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I have always believed that it’s important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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I’m sick of people calling me a corporate gunslinger.
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I don’t like to show all my cards too early… and that gives me two distinct advantages: my opponents often get the wrong read on me, and I push myself longer and harder.
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My marriage was ending in divorce. My assets seemed to be dwindling daily. And no one was more surprised than I when a doctor diagnosed me as clinically depressed. At sixty-eight, I was well past the official age of retirement, and financially I was at a point where most people would be happy to call it quits. Not this cowboy, though. I had a clear goal for my new company, BP Capital: to become a leading commodities fund.
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My life has not lacked for comebacks.
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Money can be overrated, but it can also be a precious gift when used unselfishly.
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Myth No. 1: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will make us energy independent.
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Myth No. 2: Ethanol will save the day.
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Myth No. 3: Big Oil is manipulating the price of gas at the pumps.
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Myth No 4: The lack of new refineries in the United States is a main contributor to high gasoline prices.
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Myth No. 5: New technology will enable us to discover enormous untapped reservoirs of oil.
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One of the greatest threats ever to face this nation: our crippling dependence on foreign oil.
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Our biggest problem is leadership.
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‘Elect me president, and America will become energy independent!’ Every candidate says it, and once they’re elected not one does a thing about it.
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[In May 2008] I believe our oil addiction is the greatest threat facing America in the twenty-first century.
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