T. Boone Pickens – financier, 80′s corporate raider, and author of The First Billion Is the Hardest – is from the generation that had a propensity for what might be called hillbilly wisdom, as well as a gift for spouting some good business motivators. Here are a few quotes…

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
- T. Boone Pickens

Be willing to make decisions. That’s the most important quality in a good leader. Don’t fall victim to what I call the Ready- Aim-Aim-Aim Syndrome. You must be willing to fire.
- T. Boone Pickens

And some “cowboy comparatives”…

• Tough as the back end of a shooting gallery.
• Tighter than bark on a tree.
• You could be in paradise with a ham on your shoulder and you’d have something to complain about.
• Your face is so long it would take two barbers to shave you.
• He kissed his ass until his hat popped off.