I can assure you that buying leases for x and selling them for 5x or 10x is a lot more profitable than trying to produce gas at $5 or $6 per million cubic feet.

Modern life would not be possible if it were not for chemicals, nor would modern natural gas production.

I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations.

I just wanted to be a businessman, and to me, the best way to understand business was to be an accountant.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.

I think most people act in their self-interest.