#oil

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living. ↗

— Will Rogers

#about #actual #how #know #learn

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#destroys #forests #fresh #giving #itself

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#itself #nation #soil

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two. ↗

— Tony Snow

#brushes #business #more #oil #paint

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than at any time in modern history, and it has been because of the president's vision and courage. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#because #been #courage #deal #energy

Mine is the horny hand of toil. ↗

— John Singer Sargent

#horny #mine #toil

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#foreign #foreign oil #forward #keep #moving

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired old ideas, ideas that will do absolutely nothing to lower gas prices for the American consumer. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#absolutely nothing #american #american consumer #big #consumer

All told, these profit levels have put the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies on track to earn more than $100 billion before year's end. Yet, at the same time that Big Oil's bottom line is going up, so are Americans' energy costs. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#big #billion #bottom #bottom line #companies

Simply put, drilling in ANWR would be expensive, environmentally devastating, and would do very little to fix our energy crisis or to bring down the price of oil and gasoline. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#bring #crisis #devastating #down #drilling