OIL QUOTES III

quotations about oil

Oil quote

Pardon me, ye that give the midnight oil,
To learned cares, or philosophic toil.

WILLIAM COWPER

"Retirement"

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To ask the question "What is oil?" is almost like asking "What is love?"

JOHN GUNTHER

Inside U.S.A.


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


Control over the production and distribution of oil is the decisive factor in defining who rules whom in the Middle East.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

The Quotable Hitchens from Alcohol to Zionism

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You know how you can tell if a gas station is price-gouging? If the sign says "Open".

JAY LENO

Tonight Show, 2007

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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