Rex Tillerson Quotes

Rex Tillerson

Profession : Businessman

Birth : March 23, 1952

Valdez was a devastating experience for our corporation. What emerged from that was a commitment to develop a systematic approach to managing risk in advance.

Rex Tillerson

You can be afraid of a lot of things that you don't understand.

Rex Tillerson

There are a thousand ways you can be told 'no' in this country.

Rex Tillerson

In the business world, we can point to instances when a lack of integrity has bankrupted entire companies - in sectors as different as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy.

Rex Tillerson

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

Rex Tillerson

I never saw a bureaucracy produce a single barrel of oil.

Rex Tillerson

All things come down to your personal relationships.

Rex Tillerson

In any country when you're going to make significant commitments, you have to look the head of state of that country eyeball to eyeball and say to them, 'I'm going to make this commitment, and I'm counting on you and your commitments.'

Rex Tillerson

You'd be surprised how many times I've had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, 'Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back and tell him this.'

Rex Tillerson

Because we have a society that by and large is illiterate in these areas - science, math and engineering - what we do is a mystery to them, and they find it scary. And because of that, it creates easy opportunities for opponents of development, activist organizations, to manufacture fear.

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We've been hydraulically fracturing wells in large numbers since the 1960s, first developed in 1940.

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The consequences of a misstep in a well, while large to the immediate people that live around that well, in the great scheme of things are pretty small, and even to the immediate people around the well, they could be mitigated.

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We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.

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We have spent our entire existence adapting.

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The disciplined approach to pursuing and selecting the most attractive investment opportunities continues to distinguish ExxonMobil. We are long-term driven, and we're patient. And we're not opportunity-constrained.

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For many years now, ExxonMobil has held the view that the risks of climate change are serious and do warrant action.

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We are grounded in the reality of the day and grounded in the technology of the day. Just saying 'turn the taps off' is not acceptable to humanity.

Rex Tillerson

At some point, policymakers will get around to dealing with additional policies around climate in ways to incentivize certain behaviors.

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When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some new breakthrough in energy to become the dominant source.

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My philosophy is to make money.

Rex Tillerson