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12 quotes by Aubrey McClendon

Aubrey Kerr McClendon (born 1959) is the co-founder, retired chief executive officer and former chairman of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK). He is an outspoken advocate for natural gas as a cleaner and safer alternative to oil and coal fuels. He was the highest-paid CEO of all S&P 500 companies in 2008, receiving a compensation package totaling $112 million. In 2011, he was named "America's Most Reckless Billionaire" in a...
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I just wanted to be a businessman, and to me, the best way to understand business was to be an accountant.

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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.

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

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I think most people act in their self-interest.

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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...... →

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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... →

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Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can... →

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American business would be run better today if there was more alignment between CEOs' interest and the company. For example, would the financial... →

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With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired... →

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

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Natural gas is a feedstock in basically every industrial process.

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Would people cheat on climate science? Sure. Because all it is a model into which there are 2,000 variables, and if I want this outcome, I nudge that... →

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