I think most people act in their self-interest.

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.

I get mad at the New York-based environmentalists because if you were truly environmentalists you wouldn't have a storm surge system and a sanitary system hooked together here that requires you to close your beaches 10 times a year.

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.

I think most people act in their self-interest.

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

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