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Oil Quotes

Most Famous Oil Quotes of All Time!

Oil ties into bigger conversations about trade and independence in these quotes, from former rivals now trading goods and monetary instruments to the appeal of weaning off Middle Eastern oil altogether. Read more on Energy policy and choices.

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.

Quotes by Aeschylus

Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.

Quotes by Abu Bakar Bashir

I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.

Quotes by Abbie Cornish

Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo.

Quotes by Yotam Ottolenghi

America Quotes

We don't have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so.

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil.

Quotes by Yemi Osinbajo

The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.

Quotes by Yakov Smirnoff

Oil is drowning our oceans and drowning our boreal forests.

Quotes by Winona LaDuke

Only once in the last thirty years have I made a duplicate, and that was a watercolor from my oil picture now owned by the Layton Art Gallery, Milwaukee, called 'Hark! the Lark.'

Quotes by Winslow Homer

Country Quotes

Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants.

Quotes by Wilson Greatbatch

For the U.S., the primary interest is our continued access to Saudi Arabian oil in adequate quantities... at an acceptable political as well as economic price.

Quotes by William E. Simon

Russia and China, when they were communist-like adversaries, they didn't participate. They're participating now in the world with us. They're trading monetary instruments. We're buying and selling goods back and forth, trading oil and so forth.

Quotes by Wesley Clark

If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.

Quotes by Wayne Rogers

One of the industries we follow very closely is the trucking industry. They would love if today there was an option for them to run their fleets on natural gas, because of the price disparity between oil and refined diesel...

Quotes by Warren Stephens

Crude Oil Quotes

I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil.

Quotes by Vladimir Zhirinovsky

In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.

Quotes by Virgil Goode

Petrol price is a deregulated commodity, price of which is decided by our oil marketing companies based on input cost and other parameters.

Quotes by Veerappa Moily

In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.

Quotes by Vagit Alekperov

Coal, oil and natural gas have lit homes and powered machinery for centuries, driving civilization forward. But as human development accelerated, the unsustainability of such energy became apparent.

Quotes by Tulsi Tanti

Energy Quotes

Iran has attacked oil fields and shot down a U.S. drone - all while we stood by.

Quotes by Trish Regan

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the main argument running through these oil quotes?
Several push toward reducing dependence on oil, especially imports tied to the Middle East, and toward alternatives like natural gas for industries such as trucking.
Is there a quote about global trade shifting around oil and energy?
Yes -- one speaker notes that former communist rivals like Russia and China are now active trading partners in ways they weren't before, changing how Energy and goods move globally.
What does the trucking industry quote say?
It points out that trucking companies would switch fleets to natural gas if the price gap with diesel made it worthwhile, showing cost as the real barrier to change.
Why would someone look up quotes about oil?
Usually for perspective on energy independence and policy, especially how a Country like America depends on or could reduce reliance on imported oil.
Is there a quote that denies involvement with oil deals?
Yes -- one line is a flat denial of signing any contracts or even seeing any Crude Oil, distancing the speaker from an accusation rather than explaining a policy view.

Other lines look at industries like trucking that would switch to natural gas given the right price gap with oil. Explore America and Country quotes for related themes.