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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. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#average #chief #companies #executives #feeling

The hardest thing is that you can't trust people now. You just can't. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#just #now #people #the hardest thing #thing

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the "four P's" - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#concerned #executives #far #four #making

I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#i #life #my life #never #over

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

— T. Boone Pickens

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

— T. Boone Pickens

#hours #make #same #sleep #sure

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. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#barrels #been #believe #continues #demand

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. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#best #cheap #decide #go #got

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. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#back #buy #company #dividends #i

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. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#come #had #happened #i #i think