Oil Quotes - Page 9

The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since no domestic oil deposits had been discovered, no new seams of uranium or gold, and since the war in Iraq enriched only the military contractors and suppliers, it had to come from other Americans.

If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.

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.

A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil.

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.

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

You have a choice. Either you can have more oil, or more clean water. Fracking is not good for the water supply.

The soil says, don't bring me your need, bring me your seed.

All endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil.

I do miss having someone to spoil, somebody that you can just sit with for a bit.

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

You spend your whole life trying to get known and then you spend the rest of it hiding in the toilet.

These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of public office officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government.

A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do.

Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we need a comprehensive energy plan for the country that includes conventional resources like oil and gas, but that also takes advantage of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable resources.

The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Was it for this the clay grew tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?

I think everything everything about my lifestyle is fairly alternative. I gather my own spring water from mountains every month. I go to a farm to get my food. I make everything from my own toothpaste to my own body lotions and face oils. I could go on for hours. I make my own medicines; I don’t get those from doctors. I make my own cheese and forage wild foods and identify wild plants. It’s an entire lifestyle. It’s appealing to my soul.

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.