105 Quotes by T. Boone Pickens

Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out.

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

As long as there's political uncertainty around the energy space, stock prices will come down.

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.

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.

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

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 need any more money.

You give the money where you want it.