Energy Quotes

"The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security"

Kenny Marchant, Politician

"I think my family and closest friends are learning about my need to withdraw, and I am learning how to restore and store my energy to both serve the community to the best of my ability and to serve my writer's heart"

Sandra Cisneros, Author

"In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption"

Jerry Costello, Politician

"I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly"

Eva Gabor, Actress

"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started"

Norman Cousins, Author

"I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

"This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence in the rebuilding and the recovery"

Marc Morial, Politician

"So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity"

Jack LaLanne, Athlete

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy"

Christine Baranski, Actress

"Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs"

Greg Walden, Politician

"What we do now is to be valued - but we need to do more, so that it's more exciting to other people, and therefore that excitement shines back on us and we're able to have the energy to do more, to widen our creativity"

Siobhan Davies, Dancer

"At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work"

William Feather, Author

"You know what you are getting into, but being out in that heat for two weeks definitely drains your energy"

Cobi Jones, Athlete

"There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it"

Wilson Greatbatch, Inventor

"In this age of globalization, instant real time media and television, everyone all over the world realizes that high energy usage equates with a high standard of living and wealth"

John Olver, Politician

"I've had to do that all my life because my energy is way, way overwhelming"

Picabo Street, Athlete

"I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever"

Mao Zedong, Leader

"I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region"

Pete Domenici, Politician

"President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office"

Tom Allen, Politician

"I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament"

Henry Bessemer, Scientist

"Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need"

Jim Clyburn, Politician

"Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy"

Dorothy Thompson, Journalist

"We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal"

Kenny Marchant, Politician

"It takes a lot of energy to teach"

Dabney Coleman, Actor

"Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow"

Paracelsus, Scientist

"They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country"

John Ratzenberger, Actor

"A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate"

Christopher Hampton, Playwright

"Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they can wipe out our entire civilization"

Cordell Hull, Public Servant

"I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil"

Greg Walden, Politician

"As a state we are so uniquely positioned in so many ways. Our geography, our placement in the country, and our history positions us to be the state that propels energy efficiency as an industry"

Jennifer Granholm, Politician

"I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting"

Eva Gabor, Actress

"String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string's vibration determines the nature of its effect"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation... as music"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable"

Greg Walden, Politician

"The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about"

Guy Laliberte, Businessman

"From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it"

Erykah Badu, Musician

"Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ"

David Wilkerson, Clergyman

"There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to"

Kazuo Ishiguro, Author

"With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future"

Jennifer Granholm, Politician

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