OIL QUOTES III

quotations about oil

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Oil companies are nationalities. This plane oughta say EXXON on the side instead of U. S. Navy.

JAMES W. BLINN

The Aardvark Is Ready For War


British Petroleum said today that if this spill gets worse, they may have to start drilling for water.

DAVID LETTERMAN

Late Night with David Letterman, 2010

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Many have blamed the gasoline shortages and long lines at filling stations in 1973 on the Arab Oil embargo of that year. However, the shortages and long lines began months before the Arab oil embargo, right after price controls were imposed.

THOMAS SOWELL

Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy


Now they're saying all this terrorist activity could lead to higher oil prices. When asked why, the oil companies said, "Cause everything leads to higher oil prices." In fact, the price of crude oil could hit $80 a barrel. That's not crude -- that's obscene.

JAY LENO

The Tonight Show, 2006

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There is earth below your earth, a deep room where
gas and oil, rock and stone, circulate like slow blood
through a body.

MATHEW HENDERSON

The Lease


If you look at humanity's per-capita energy use today, it's as thought each human being has twenty-three servants for him or her, every hour of every day.

LEIF WENAR

Blood Oil