Oil Quotes - page 31

You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that, oil and water were the same as wind and air to you. You just slept the big sleep, not caring about the nastiness of how you died or where you fell. Me, I was part of the nastiness now. Far more a part of it than Rusty Regan was. (Raymond Chandler)
Found two packages of crackers. Broke into a place. ... Took rice, Ramen and oil. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. View quote
Eric Frein
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also plastic. If plastic vanished, there would be total chaos. We have to think quite carefully about using oil, and its derivatives, because it's not going to be around forever. View quote
Margaret Atwood
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbridges from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes. Save Me the Waltz, 1932. View quote
Zelda Fitzgerald
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
Forgiveness is the oil of relationships. View quote
Josh McDowell
[Bin Laden has] already said publicly that you can have all the oil you want. I can‘t drink it. We‘re going to sell it to you at a marketplace. View quote
Michael Scheuer
Obviously, the answer to oil spills is to paper-train the tankers. View quote
Ralph Nader
As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil. View quote
Yemi Osinbajo
We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so. View quote
Yemi Osinbajo
We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East. (Queen Rania of Jordan)
The government may change faces from time to time, but it's not like we fight wars for democracy - we fight wars for capitalism and for oil. View quote
Woody Harrelson
If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there. View quote
Woody Harrelson
I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end. View quote
Olusegun Obasanjo
Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer. View quote
Edward Hopper
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas. View quote
George W. Bush
I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and I love oil paint. I love the smell of turpentine and I like that world of oil paint very, very, very much. View quote
David Lynch
I'll give you a great example of an issue that no one brought up during this Florida primary, the fact that we're going to have a Chinese made oil rig put in place about 60 miles off the coast of Florida. View quote
Allen West (politician)
One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil. View quote
James Lovelock
The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power. View quote
James Lovelock
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels. (James Lovelock)
I've seen otters-they look better covered in oil. View quote
Jon Stewart
That whole thing has been overstated by environmentalists. First of all, what is it, rocks and snow? C'mon, what is that, you want that? Go to Canada my friend. Believe me, rocks and snow are overrated. I've seen otters-they look better covered in oil. View quote
Jon Stewart
I believe deeply that children are more powerful than oil, more beautiful than rivers, more precious than any other natural resource a country can have. View quote
Danny Kaye
If you are going to wrestle a bear, try to stay away from all fish oil products, you know. I mean it's tough for me, because I love to rub myself with salmon oil every day - it's a great conditioner for the hair, skin. View quote
Will Ferrell