105 Quotes by T. Boone Pickens

I've got an opinion on everything.

I've been married over 50 years of my life.

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.

For decades, our dependence on OPEC oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the Middle East at an incredible price. We've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of American soldiers have died securing Middle East oil.

The first billion is a helluva lot harder.

There is no free market for oil.

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.

Fundamentals make the market.

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.