OIL QUOTES III

quotations about oil

Oil quote

Oil prices have fallen lately. We include this news for the benefit of gas stations, which otherwise wouldn't learn of it for six months.

WILLIAM TAMMEUS

The Globe and Mail, 1991


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


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

WILLIAM COWPER

"Retirement"

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In Louisiana, BP claims that it's making progress with the leaking oil in the Gulf. They're working on a plan to heat the Gulf up to 600 degrees and use it to fry chicken.

JIMMY KIMMEL

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 2010

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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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