Gallon Quotes

A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood. (George S. Patton)
Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4 a gallon gasoline? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that. View quote
George W. Bush
Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present? View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. View quote
Robert X. Cringely
For God's sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man's blood was spilled for it. View quote
Herman Melville
Take most people, they're crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, and they're always talking about how many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand-new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that's even newer. I don't even like old cars. I mean they don't even interest me. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake. View quote
J. D. Salinger
Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all. View quote
Ed Markey
The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day. View quote
Jam Master Jay
Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas prices by more than a penny a gallon, and this would be 20 years from now. View quote
Lois Capps
Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain. View quote
Paul Gillmor
We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is out of control. We have to take back this country and we've got to get off the sidelines and take it to President Obama. (Tim Pawlenty)
They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. View quote
Billie Holiday
Cars used to have such dashing shapes, like airplanes, back when gas was cheap, twenty-five cents a gallon. View quote
John Updike
You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon. View quote
John Grisham
In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn. View quote
Michael Pollan
I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood. View quote
George S. Patton
A drop of honey can catch more flies than a gallon of gall. View quote
Dale Carnegie
If the auto industry advanced as rapidly as the semiconductor industry, a Rolls Royce would get half a million miles per gallon, and it would be cheaper to throw it away than to park it. View quote
Gordon Moore
I'm not particularly impressed with going 50 miles per gallon. That doesn't impress me when we can go to the moon. View quote
Alexandra Paul
You grew up during the second oil crunch, didn't you?” Sirhan prods. "What was it like then?” "What was it...? Oh, gas hit fifty bucks a gallon, but we still had plenty for bombers,” she says dismissively. "We knew it would be okay. View quote
Charles Stross
He always had to use holy water-real holy water, from gallon jugs he filled from the silver urn at St. Anne's-but though it impressed the customers, all he could see that it actually did was get stuff wet. (Tim Powers)
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John Brunner
Pickups, S.U.V.'s, vans and the like represent about 80 million vehicles, with mileage of perhaps 13 to 16 miles per gallon. Converting those should be our first priority. View quote
Andy Grove
The late Christopher Evans, a psychologist and author, calculated that if the motor car had evolved as fast as the computer, and over the same time period, "Today you would be able to buy a Rolls-Royce for £35, it would do three million miles to the gallon, and it would deliver enough power to drive the QE2 And if you were interested in miniaturisation, you could place half a dozen of them on a pinhead." View quote
Richard Dawkins
We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education. View quote
Suze Orman