#oil

We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem. ↗

— John Olver

#air travel #autos #broad #commercial #fuel

Yet, if we accept the solution offered today by this bill to explore and develop for oil on the coastal plain of ANWR, it will be 5 years, at least, and probably closer to 8 before the first barrel of oil flows from that effort. ↗

— John Olver

#anwr #barrel #before #bill #closer

The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast. ↗

— George Osborne

#been #forecast #larger #oil #oil prices

No praying, it spoils business. ↗

— Thomas Otway

#praying #spoils

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. ↗

— Ouida

#every #hand #oils #run #runs

Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies. ↗

— Major R. Owens

#consumers #continue #even #fall #faster

You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers. ↗

— Al Pacino

#actor #age #away #boiling #fade

Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #close #close proximity #except #exercises

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #american policy #cannot #competing #different

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#down #flushed #god #humans #just