OIL QUOTES III
quotations about oil
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The birthplace of the modern oil industry is commonly considered to be Titusville, Pennsylvania. There Edwin Drake drilled his first modern oil well in 1859. However, oil had been produced in Europe and Russia for several decades before. It was in the United States that the real oil rush was born, where it was distilled into kerosene to use in lighting. Oil was also used as a lubricant for machinery in the growing industrial manufacturing sector. Gasoline, as it happens, was an unwanted by-product of refining at the time due to its volatility.
RAULI PARANEN
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The World After Cheap Oil
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Oil they would buy from anyone. From Satan.
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Florence of Arabia
Pardon me, ye that give the midnight oil,
To learned cares, or philosophic toil.
WILLIAM COWPER
"Retirement"
Oil companies are nationalities. This plane oughta say EXXON on the side instead of U. S. Navy.
JAMES W. BLINN
The Aardvark Is Ready For War
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
British Petroleum said today that if this spill gets worse, they may have to start drilling for water.
DAVID LETTERMAN
Late Night with David Letterman, 2010