Energy Quotes

"Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film"

Jonathan Lethem, Writer

"When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy"

Dwayne Johnson, Actor

"The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

"I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind"

Bryant H. McGill, Author

"I've got mad energy for days. That's what people can't get their minds around. They say, 'Oh, he's going to crash.' They try to apply all these common terms to a guy who is not common. I don't fit into their little box"

Charlie Sheen, Actor

"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive"

Lee Iacocca, Businessman

"I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required"

Rutherford B. Hayes, President

"Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy"

Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist

"I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through"

Shia LaBeouf, Actor

"Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time"

Bernard Baruch, Businessman

"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

"Americans are also feeling the effects of soaring energy prices at the gas pump. The double burden of these added expenses will be far too much for many families"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving"

Dan Millman, Author

"I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write"

Anne McCaffrey, Author

"At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book"

Anne McCaffrey, Author

"I just feed off the energy of the audience"

Larry David, Actor

"I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter"

Larry David, Actor

"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%"

Andrew Carnegie, Businessman

"Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part"

Jeremy Northam, Actor

"Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe"

Germaine Greer, Activist

"I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore"

Sophia Bush, Actress

"Finally, treat domestic energy production as the economic necessity it is and the job creator it can be. Drill, and frack, and lease, and license, unleash in every way the jobs potential in the enormous energy resources we have been denying ourselves"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat"

Lou Reed, Musician

"We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources"

Mitch Daniels, Politician

"I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources"

Steve Buyer, Politician

"When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page"

William J. Clinton, President

"No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary"

Jeremy Northam, Actor

"Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy"

Dean Inge, Philosopher

"I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing"

Cecilia Bartoli, Musician

"I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention"

Zooey Deschanel, Actress

"I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy"

Al Gore, Vice President

"When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself"

Olivia Wilde, Actress

"When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance"

Peggy Fleming, Athlete

"The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden"

Phillips Brooks, Clergyman

"The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States"

Virgil Goode, Politician

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