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"Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?"

"Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?"

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

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"We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials."

"We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials."

Hassanal Bolkiah, Bruneian Statesman

18

"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."

"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."

Virgil Goode, American Politician

10

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

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

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian Politician

9

"I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico."

"I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico."

John Amos, American Actor

8

"Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil."

"Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil."

Rob Corddry, American Comedian

8

"In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there."

"In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

7

"We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that."

"We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that."

Rodrigo Rato, Spanish Politician

7

"The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean."

"The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean."

Ovid, Roman Poet

7

"To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it."

"To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

6

"Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top."

"Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

6

"Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China."

"Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China."

Gary Miller, American Politician

6

"There is no free market in oil."

"There is no free market in oil."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

6

"There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers."

"There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers."

Pete Domenici, American Politician

5

"As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up."

"As the temperature drops, the need for heating oil goes up."

Christopher Dodd, American Politician

5

"But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of supply occurring over the coming years."

"But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of supply occurring over the coming years."

Daniel Yergin, American Author

Oil, Question, Years

5

"Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill."

"Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill."

Ken Salazar, American Politician

5

"By 2010, Africa could be providing the United States with as many oil imports as the Middle East."

"By 2010, Africa could be providing the United States with as many oil imports as the Middle East."

Anthony Lake, American Statesman

Oil, States, United

5

"We shouldn't be so dependent on foreign oil."

"We shouldn't be so dependent on foreign oil."

Jon Corzine, American Politician

5

"In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this."

"In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Oil, Painting, Radical

5

"I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years."

"I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years."

Richard Linklater, American Director

5

"The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated."

"The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated."

Gary Miller, American Politician

Oil, States, United

5

"There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better."

"There'll be no oiling up with this band. The oil has been there for years and it only gets better."

Clarence Clemons, American Musician

5

"I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums."

"I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

4

"We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem."

"We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem."

Stephanie Herseth, American Politician

4

"There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that."

"There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that."

Pete Domenici, American Politician

4

"Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion."

"Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion."

Barbara Castle, British Politician

4

"We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil every year, but we only have reserves, including that which has not been pumped, of about 3 percent of the oil reserves in the world."

"We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil every year, but we only have reserves, including that which has not been pumped, of about 3 percent of the oil reserves in the world."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

4

"The oil can is mightier than the sword."

"The oil can is mightier than the sword."

Everett Dirksen, American Politician

4

"The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars."

"The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars."

Paul Newman, American Actor

4

"One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil."

"One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

4

"Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies."

"Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies."

Major R. Owens, American Politician

4

"If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available."

"If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available."

T. Boone Pickens, American Businessman

4

"It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are making historic profits every quarter."

"It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are making historic profits every quarter."

Ron Klein, American Politician

3

"The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing."

"The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing."

Jason Statham, British Actor

3

"Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world."

"Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world."

Tim Holden, American Politician

Oil, States, United, World

3

"Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it."

"Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it."

J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

3

"Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables."

"Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables."

Paul Hawken, American Environmentalist

Oil, Will, Years

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