#oil

The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#dependence #east #energy #energy sources #foreign

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#greater #harvest #like #more #put

I am spoiled, it's true. I don't even know how to use that thing in the kitchen with the burners. ↗

— Cindy Margolis

#burners #even #how #i #i am

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#common #contrary #erroneous #humble #idea

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#empires #exhausted #fallow #lie #long

The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue - and not just token new revenue. It is their choice. ↗

— Patty Murray

#any #choice #come #does #include

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#crude oil #despite #development #fact #five

NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#asked #chicken #create #desire #fake

I was the only westerner to succeed in a place that's like a toilet, and you always come out of a toilet with a smell. ↗

— David Reuben

#come #i #like #only #out

I feel like I'm working on an oil rig right now. I'm away from home a lot. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#feel #home #i #i feel #i feel like