#oil

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss. ↗

— Edward Grey

#apparent #became #call #edge #else

There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong. ↗

— David Miliband

#austerity #back #britain #country #danger

The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on. ↗

— Ronnie Barker

#go #local #local police #nothing #police

Oil is a very important component of economic growth. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#economic #economic growth #growth #important #oil

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. ↗

— Luigi Barzini

#chefs #composed #dainty #deserted #devour

I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill. ↗

— Dan Benishek

#companies #company #cost #deduct #drill

If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#hard #oil #operating #refinery #use

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#egg #learned #roast #vulgar

I know, I'm like a kid. Maybe I was a bit too spoilt growing up. Everything just came like I wanted it to. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#came #everything #growing #growing up #i

The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil! ↗