Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ted Stevens

American dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security,

Sherwood Boehlert

This bill, more so than any provision in the recently-enacted energy bill, will lessen that dependence,

Julius Wellhausen

The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent.

Mark Cohen

As Pennsylvania drivers face the prospect of paying up to $3 for a gallon of gas this Labor Day weekend, we need to do more to find a better way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil supplies,

John Shimkus

People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry.

Fadel Gheit

Our economic dependence on oil is much less than it was even 10 years ago. If inflation comes, it won't be as big a hit as it was in the '80s.

Tom Harkin

Our escalating dependence on foreign and non-renewable sources of energy is heading us down a slippery slope.

Nathanael Greene

Energy dependence is America's economic, environmental and security Achilles' heel.

Brian Jennings

Ethanol needs to be part of the goal that helps reduce our major dependence of foreign oil. We've never said that ethanol would be the only alternative ... it's just the most viable alternative we have in the United States today.

Hollis Zhao

With time, there will be gangs of leather-clad Harley drivers cruising through the streets of China.

Derek Leathers

We're doing everything we can to give them the newest trucks on the road. We think our fleet is one of the newest out there, and that's something drivers appreciate.

Jimmy Vasser

It's just as tough or tougher to win a race here as it has ever been. It's a serious fight because there are a lot of good drivers in the field who have already had successes not only here but in other top series.

Alex Barron

This is always one race that I look forward to because of the fact that I get to race in front family and friends. Plus, I've had some really good races there. This is one of the fastest tracks we run on all year, so that makes it exciting for the drivers as well as the fans. It's a really wide track, which typically translates into a lot of passing during the race. Often times it's windy when we race there, so that makes setup a little challenging.

Bill Chandler

There's a lot fond memories here, ... I met my husband here. A lot of big name drivers like The Duke and all those guys we watched race around this track. It's really going to be a sad thing when we're not going to be able to race here anymore.

Jerry Nelson

This is the opener. Sponsors, fans, drivers everybody loves it.

Ryan Queensland

It's a fun sport. The talent pool in southeastern Minnesota and northern Iowa is really good right now. And this is the grassroots of NASCAR. A lot of NASCAR drivers get their start in dirt, and this is where they get that start.

Keith Greene

It really elevates us even more so within the industry. Not many people know this: the drivers are the ones who vote which track they wanted to test at.

Frank Williams

As far as Alonso being signed by Ron, it was a big surprise. Surprise won the day but there are plenty of new young drivers on the horizon.

Charles Dickens

...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it

Al Madrigal

I'm always alone. Sad face emoticon.

Chris Hanson

We want to set the stage to be successful the rest of the season in Arizona. This is an opportunity to see new faces and gain some big meet experience.

Chris Cleave

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Chin-Ning Chu

You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.

Edith Wharton

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?

David Icke

The day is coming when even the most closed-minded ridiculers will have to face the truth.

Benedict Cumberbatch

[on Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins] It was great. I got to hang out with him, and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.

Barry Bonds

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

Katinka Barysch

The perception is that foreign investment is not good for jobs.

Rahim Safavi

We are producing these missiles and don't need foreign technology for that.

Chris Nelson

a terrifying prospect to serious foreign policy players.

George H. W. Bush

the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of our nation.

Jerry Lewis

This is a national security issue; this is a national security bill. It's important to protect our ports from this kind of foreign involvement.

Mark Twain

They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce.

Norihiro Fujito

It is understandable that foreigners want to take profits for now.

Porter Goss

foreign policy team was all on the same page.

Colin Lundgren

Foreign investors will still get a lot of yield comparatively in the U.S., so we could see them buying.

Evan Smith

With this kind of hiccup in refinery capacity, in stretched markets like California, you could see over $4 a gallon in gas.

Gary Allen

It's just unreal. I get 53 miles per gallon and it still hurts.

David Champion

It's an unrealistic sales and marketing tool that they are actually using. They are saying you're going to get 35 miles per gallon and you're really only going to get 21.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson

When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.

John Bryant

We know where every gallon of liquid goes to.

Tom Kloza

We will probably see some states this week with retail gasoline prices of $2 a gallon or lower.

Todd Perkins

What was $1.99 a gallon is now $2.70-something a gallon.

John Salley

I eat a lot of kale, and I drink about half a gallon to a gallon of water a day.

James Cordier

Gasoline at $2.50 a gallon isn't going to keep people from going on their spring and summer vacations.

Brett Favre

Until power is hooked back up, until there are places where you can go get gas and you can go get something to eat, I'm better off being here.

Jeff Bell

We've always planned on gasoline being over $65 a barrel,

Brad Dean

We're not anticipating any sustained impact on tourism as long as gas prices come down to a reasonable level.

Francis Gaskins

They have high-quality natural gas there, and it's just in the right place at the right time.

John Lichtblau

They (drivers) are not going to substantially reduce gasoline consumption.

Tom Snyder

They should stay the same. Gas prices go up and down. There are no long-term projections.

Harold Vogel

They've come through this higher gas price period quite well. They had a very strong marketing program for Disneyland's 50th anniversary. This will be a good indication that as long as gas prices don't go up too much more, that things will be OK over there.

Bill Richards

They say this station has pumped gasoline for over 50 years. I hope we never stop.

Jerry Taylor

It's not really a compensation for higher gas prices. It's simply a please-vote-for-me-in-November payment.

Guenael Rodier

We want to see the laboratory (results) before we move on. But she's likely to be a case, unfortunately.

Carlos Mencia

We celebrate Labor Day by not going to work?

Charlize Theron

That's why I like my job so much, because at the end of the day they're fruits of labor that you don't pick very easily. And I love that.

Andrew Steer

As we know, there are still problems with the labor regulations, tax laws, infrastructure and red-tape bureaucracy.

Roberto Heras

They told me the news at the end of October. The only thing I can think of is that it is a laboratory error,

Dale Jarrett

For as long as I can remember, we spent the Labor Day weekend at Darlington (S.C.).

Douglas Porter

This points out that the labor market remains as tight as ever.

John Augustine

This may be one of those years in the stock market where you'll want to sell on Memorial Day and go away until Labor Day.

Dana Johnson

They're a little disappointing if you're looking for a strong labor market, but nothing dramatic.

Chris Chocola

The Iraqi Free Press, which did not exist 18 months ago because there was no such thing as the Iraqi Free Press, broke a story about the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, which could potentially turn out to be the largest scandal in history.

Chloe Bridges

My hair does get really frizzy, so I use a de-frizzing serum from Bumble and Bumble, and also Moroccan Oil is some really good stuff. Plus, I can't live without my Burt's Bees lip balm!

Chinua Achebe

If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Edward Hopper

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

David Dixon

Always expect the unexpected. The oil and gas industry is terrible at predicting anything. Always have a back-up plan.

Stephen Stanley

We're in a pretty quiet time of the year. We've been pretty directionless today. Oil hasn't been doing much.

Stephen Stanley

We're in a pretty quiet time of the year, ... We've been pretty directionless today. Oil hasn't been doing much.

William Shakespeare

Let me not live, after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits.

Bernard Ingham

The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.

John Curry

We are getting ripped off. We are not getting what we are paying for.

E. B. White

I told him I would have too see about paying him, ... He told me not to worry about it.

Sean Quinn

I'm a hard-nosed businessman, that if a company is paying its way, increasing profits for thirty-odd consecutive years, you don't put it into receivership.

Brian O'Donnell

After all the work, now we'll see how it's paying off.

Robert Bernstein

Some people have a value that is worth paying for.

Michael Zenker

One could say the Spaniards are paying a price for U.S. hurricanes.

Brandon Phillips

It was trading at $13, they're paying $18. That's not bad.

Mark Cuban

That shows you how much I had been paying attention.

Laura DiDio

You're paying a lot for these licenses, but you're getting a lot, too. These are real, tangible benefits.

Robert Krueger

We have prospects now who can take all of the space.

Richard Cobden

You had reached a pessimistic view about your company's prospects with the upcoming (copyright) case.

Kevin Rand

We're taking our time with him. He's too valuable a prospect not to take your time with him. We want to make sure everything's done right and he can come back as well as can be expected.

Paul Sereno

I didn't have very rosy prospects in school,

Patrick Barry

I think the prospects of success would have been diminished.

Mark Rutte

In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.

John Carioba

There are not many prospects in the short term.

Kenichiro Sasae

There has been no breakthrough to this point, and the prospect is not bright.

Mike Adams

We've reduced it significantly ... but I don't think we've stopped it completely.

Judd Gregg

This is the only vote you will have to reduce the deficit.

Michelle Laughlin

The thing yesterday for the first time in a long time was reduced risk-aversion...it was the reverse of the flight-to-quality.

Agin Muhammad

I understand the reactions, but it's not for me to reduce myself to that level.

Gordon Johndroe

This is not a new concern, but it is one we take seriously. We are working to reduce our vulnerability to this threat.

Richard Miller

The whole idea is to reduce the wait time of the ER.

Jeff Miller

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending.

Dr. Larson

What is striking is that it didn't take much to reduce the risk ... If you don't exercise, you should start. It's never too late.

Roy Romer

With lab courses, we may be able to simulate a lot of that and reduce costs.