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We have to go back to the source of the oil. There was no question, there was an abundance. In a normal evolutionary sense, the oil question has to be addressed.

Quote by Sean Connery about question, common sense, sense

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. Get up...

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. "Get up early, work late and strike oil"

Quote by Joey Adams about secret, work

If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you...

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

Quote by Aeschylus about enemies

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil....

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

Quote by George W. Bush about nation

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will...

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about lie, water, truth

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always...

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about lie, water, truth

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about lie, water, truth

The key to the economy's strength in 2004 and 2005 was...

The key to the economy's strength in 2004 and 2005 was that household saving declined dramatically while the price of oil rose.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about economy

The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent of gross domestic product.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about power

Truth is the glue that holds government together....

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about truth

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert...

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about bad, war, money, power

America is addicted to oil.

America is addicted to oil.

Quote by George W. Bush

No matter how well kept the car, an oil leak will develop.

No matter how well kept the car, an oil leak will develop.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

You can pour holy oil and holy water on a thug until you have emptied buckets of both, but at the end he will be a consecrated thug, but a thug all the same unless interior intentions and a disciplined man are present.

Quote by William H. O'Connell about opinion, water, present, end, man

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the...

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.

Quote by Ouida about history

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two...

Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food.

Quote by Alexandra Paul about couple, food, water, children

House of Saud would agree to maintain the price of oil within acceptable limits to us, which they've done all of these years, and we would agree to keep the House of Saud in power as long as they did this, which we've done, which is one of the...

Quote by John Perkins about home, house, limits, war, power

Friendship and money: oil and water.

Friendship and money: oil and water.

Quote by Mario Puzo about friendship, water, money

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