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Monty Moncrief Quotes
20 quotes from Monty Moncrief — Texas oil billionaire and wildcatter..
“We're 100% family owned, unincorporated and independent, and we intend to stay that way.”
“Passing a legacy on were oilmen.”
“Optimism is the personal quality that nurtures luck.”
“No guts, no blue chips, has always been a wildcatter's expression of faith.”
“What they needed was a company that had a single man running it; no committees, no group decisions, no hierarchy of managers, no professional deal-killers or pessimists.”
“His unquestioning confidence in the worthiness of his enterprise made him seem impervious to doubts.”
“He kept his faith in the absolute value of building, of progress, of getting things done.”
“We're oilmen meant that anything that extended beyond the realm of oil was not a proper Moncrief concern.”
“I'd rather be lucky than smart because a lot of smart guys go hungry.”
“In business, there's no 'what if'. There's only 'what happened'.”
“We're 100% family owned, unincorporated and independent, and we intend to stay that way.”
“Passing a legacy on were oilmen.”
“Optimism is the personal quality that nurtures luck.”
“No guts, no blue chips, has always been a wildcatter's expression of faith.”
“What they needed was a company that had a single man running it; no committees, no group decisions, no hierarchy of managers, no professional deal-killers or pessimists.”
“His unquestioning confidence in the worthiness of his enterprise made him seem impervious to doubts.”
“He kept his faith in the absolute value of building, of progress, of getting things done.”
“We're oilmen meant that anything that extended beyond the realm of oil was not a proper Moncrief concern.”
“I'd rather be lucky than smart because a lot of smart guys go hungry.”
“In business, there's no 'what if'. There's only 'what happened'.”