Oil Quotes

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. (Colette)
The truth is, about the Middle East is, had there been no oil there, it would be like Africa. Nobody is threatening to intervene in Africa. View quote
Wesley Clark
If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting. View quote
Peter Shaffer
Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil! View quote
Golda Meir
Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. View quote
Josh Billings
We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are. View quote
James Woolsey
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50.00 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to. View quote
Dan Aykroyd
The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon. View quote
Paulo Coelho
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. View quote
Ralph Nader
Our Garrick 's a salad for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree. View quote
Oliver Goldsmith
To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar. (Oscar Wilde)
Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells. View quote
Thomas Friedman
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil. View quote
J. Paul Getty
The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all things considered, one would not normally choose to go. But, we go where the business is. View quote
Dick Cheney
Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. View quote
Miguel de Cervantes
You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence. View quote
Sydney Smith
Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de-linked our budget from the oil price. View quote
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers. View quote
James Woolsey
I eat nothing that's processed or refined - no high-fructose corn syrup, no sugar, no trans-fats. I eat a lot of fish and monounsaturated fats from olives, olive oil and nuts. A lot of organic, fresh fruits and vegetables. No bread. No gluten. No wheat. No rice. View quote
Dean Karnazes
You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting. View quote
Ed Harris
Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon. (Alice Hoffman)
Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward. View quote
Bill Shuster
As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up. View quote
Christopher Dodd
My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years. View quote
Donna Mills
Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil. View quote
Daniel Yergin