Oil Quotes - Page 3

• I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

  Dustin Hoffman

  War, Believe, Experts

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• This morning, prompted by increasing concerns about terrorism, oil prices reached a record high as the cost of a barrel of crude is a whopping $44.34. Wow, it seems shocking that a product of finite supply gets more expensive the more we use it. Now the terror alert means higher oil prices, which oddly enough means higher profits for oil companies giving them more money to give to politicians whose policies may favor the oil companies such as raising the terror alert level. As Simba once told us: "It's the circle of life."

  Jon Stewart

  Morning, Mean, Circles

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• As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up.

  Christopher Dodd

  Needs, Temperature, Heating

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• For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.

  Lee H. Hamilton

  People, Addiction, Gas

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• If you look at the top 20 companies of the world, 19 of them are still brick-and-mortar companies. I have nothing against tech companies. What I am saying is that if you have a car manufacturer or an oil and gas manufacturer, you won't get the supply over the Net.

  Anil Ambani

  Technology, Bricks And Mortar, Car

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• Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables.

  Paul Hawken

  Years, Charging, Wells

  "The Next Reformation". Interview with Sarah van Gelder, Context Institute (p. 17), www.context.org. Summer 1995.

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• If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

  Peter Shaffer

  New York, Oil Painting, London

  The New York Times, April 13, 1975.

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• I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

  Richard Linklater

  Couple, Years, Workers

  ""You can't hold back the human spirit"". Interview with David Walsh, www.wsws.org. March 27, 1998.

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• We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

  Steve Chabot

  House, Energy, Bills

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• When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.

  Gwen Ifill

  Talking, Yesterday, America

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• Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'

  Joey Adams

  Success, Congratulations, Up Early

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• Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil.

  Rob Corddry

  Ethanol, Form, Pure

  Inerview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 12, 2006.

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• I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.

  Vicente Fox

  Believe, Technological Development, Mexico

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• Rural American families who depend on firewood to heat their homes will be hit just as hard as those who use oil and natural gas.

  Richard Pombo

  Home, Use, Heat

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• We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil.

  Ted Danson

  Motor Oil, Organization, Together

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• Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.

  Ted Allen

  My Favorite, Periods, Condiments

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

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• Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Broken, Water

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• Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.

  Lamar S. Smith

  Hair, Energy, Coal

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• The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent of gross domestic product.

  Martin Feldstein

  Summer, Purchasing Power, Reducing

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• Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.

  Bob Ney

  Jobs, Wildlife, United States

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• It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Friendship, Best Friend, Wise

  "The Pure and the Impure". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1932.

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• Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.

  Gore Vidal

  Country, People, Literature

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• Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Stupid, Party, Believe

  Letter to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, teachingamericanhistory.org. November 08, 1954.

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• Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Truth, Water, Rise Above

  Miguel de Cervantes (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Miguel de Cervantes (Illustrated)”, p.1102, Delphi Classics

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• Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is driving world prices higher.

  Bobby Jindal

  India, World, Helping

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