Best Petroleum Quotes

50 Petroleum quotes by 43 unique authors

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with… — James Baker
Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that… — Virgil Goode
A smell of petroleum prevails throughout. — Bertrand Russell
The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken. We don't manufacture… — Joe Bageant
Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly, the… — Bill Moyers
You folks been following the big British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? I'm telling you, British Petroleum has put more birds in… — David Letterman
People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when President Obama found… — David Letterman
That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and… — Wendell Berry
We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is… — Gerald R. Ford
You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever… — Dick Gregory
Pipelines are by far the safest way to transport petroleum. They are safer than tankers, safer than trucks, safer than rail. — John Hoeven
Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are… — Mike Rogers
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. — Simone Weil
Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum. — Kurt Vonnegut
You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons. — Terry Pratchett
Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum. — Michael Pollan
In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold… — Dan Simmons
The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities… — Richard Lamm
The two largest oil-producing countries in Latin America, Mexico and Venezuela, sold petroleum to Nicaragua at concessional rates for several years beginning in 1980. The… — Stephen Kinzer
Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future. — Enrique Pena Nieto
The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions. — Peter Diamandis
We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum. — Lisa Murkowski
The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles. — Barry Commoner
The biodiesel we use is 100 percent, it has no petroleum in it. It was already used in fryers throughout our local area. It's already… — Daryl Hannah
Iraq has a lot of critical needs. It's got to come up with budgetary resources to finance health care, education and other important public services.… — Bill Murray

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