You give the money where you want it.
I never did anything dishonest.
When you blow away the foam, you get down to the real stuff.
I’ve got an opinion on everything.
I’ve been married over 50 years of my life.
I don’t believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they’re going to fail.
If you’re on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don’t quit.
When you are hunting elephants, don’t get distracted chasing rabbits.
The first billion is a helluva lot harder.
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.
We’re going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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.
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P’s – pay, perks, power and prestige – rather than making profits for shareholders.
If you don’t have a refinery operating, it’s hard to use oil that’s available.
I know what people say, that water’s a lot like air. Do you charge for air? Well, of course not. Well, you shouldn’t charge for water. Okay, watch what happens you won’t have any water.
Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person’s money without respect for how hard it was to earn.
I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn’t raiding anybody.
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.
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.
I don’t need any more money.