OIL QUOTES III
quotations about oil
Nor watch the wasting of the midnight oil.
JOHN GAY
Fables
Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan.
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Florence of Arabia
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
Oil creates the illusion of a completely changed life, life without work, life for free. Oil is a resource that anaesthetises thought, blurs vision, corrupts.
RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI
Shah of Shahs
Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds.
WALLACE PRATT
Oil in the Earth
Why are politicians so eager to pin the blame for oil prices on speculators? Because it lets them believe that we don't have to adapt to a world of expensive gas.
PAUL KRUGMAN
"Fuels on the Hill", New York Times, June 27, 2008