T. Boone Pickens

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

If you can provide the funding and you get the leadership, you'll have a competitive team.

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

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.

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.

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

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.

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 don't need any more money.

You give the money where you want it.

I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.

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