Gasoline Quotes - Page 2

I think we have to ask this administration, and the President specifically, about using their political capital now to stand up for the American consumer who is getting clobbered by these gasoline and oil prices.

Ron Wyden

Thinking, Oil, Political

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I've been putting out the fire with gasoline.

David Bowie

Fire, Dense

Song: Cat People

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My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

Kate Moss

Daughter, Mother, Doors

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow.

Alice Sebold

Beautiful, Kissing, Rainbow

Alice Sebold (2014). “The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic”, p.55, Pan Macmillan

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In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.

Bill Gates

Horse, Dark, Race

"THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

Pete Rose

Sports, Baseball, Mlb

Pete Rose, Rick Hill (2004). “My Prison Without Bars”, p.69, Rodale

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In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.

Mitt Romney

Country, Gasoline Prices, Class

Mitt Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 30, 2012.

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High gas prices are eating away at consumers disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.

Major Owens

Income, Fuel, Eating

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The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job.

Sherwood Boehlert

Jobs, Pay, Way

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With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.

Tom Barrett

Thinking, Cost, Mass Transit

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Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

Harry Houdini

Flames, Mouths, May

Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.37, 谷月社

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Ethanol doesn't burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper.

Jeff Goodell

Ethanol, Cleaners, Cheaper

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Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

Jeff Bingaman

Taken, Advice, Needs

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Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.

Bob Ney

Common Sense, Pumps, Bills

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Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain.

Paul Gillmor

Devastation, Hurricanes, Common

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Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks.

Lou Thesz

Friday, Atlanta, Dollars

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After the last two years of springtime gas price spikes, nearly everyone in Southeast Wisconsin understands that something is wrong with our gasoline regulation and supply system.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Years, Two, Regulation

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As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American.

Paul Gillmor

Hurt, Years, Oil

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Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

Bob Ney

Summer, Gasoline Prices, Hurricanes

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If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC.

Byron Dorgan

Hands, Gasoline Prices, Pockets

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If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.

Camille Paglia

Winning, Doors, Flames

"Too Late For Obama to Turn It Around?". www.realclearpolitics.com. September 9, 2009.

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This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.

Joe Biden

Impact, Environmental, Want

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We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

Jennifer Granholm

Demand, Gallons, Ifs

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One of the things that I think nobody's done yet is really taking advantage of the electric powertrain layout, which of course, means you don't have a gasoline engine in the front and you don't have a gas tank in the rear.

Henrik Fisker

Mean, Thinking, Tanks

"Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.

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When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?

Richard J. Foster

Running, Simple, Water

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