Energy Quotes

"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

"My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling"

John McCarthy, Politician

"We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past"

Louise Slaughter, Politician

"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

"The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology"

Stanislav Grof, Psychologist

"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

"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

"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

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique"

Martha Graham, Dancer

"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

"If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate"

Dennis Weaver, Actor

"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

"Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital"

Daniel Webster, Statesman

"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

"On energy, we should be exploring for domestic sources of energy"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"We waste an awful lot of energy as a Nation through inefficient use of energy"

Chris Van Hollen, Politician

"In modelling, there is no point in trying to prove you have a brain, so why even bother? I'd sooner save the energy for something more meaningful"

Helena Christensen, Model

"In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity. 10 percent of American electricity comes from decommissioned warheads"

Stewart Brand, Author

"It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish"

Robert Herrick, Poet

"I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors"

James Earl Jones, Actor

"From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do something else with the same energy and enthusiasm I gave to football without expecting the same results"

Graeme Le Saux, Athlete

"As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy"

Chris Van Hollen, Politician

"However, it may occur that we will find ourselves using a variety of fuel sources to give us the energy we need support our lifestyles and boost our economy"

Virgil Goode, Politician

"Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy"

Rod Blagojevich, Politician

"Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks"

Paul Gillmor, Politician

"While there are many influences on gas prices in America, I believe the passage of a national energy bill will help relieve this burden on our country"

Paul Gillmor, Politician

"The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author

"So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output"

Talib Kweli, Musician

"Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food"

Michael Pollan, Educator

"Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy"

Virgil Goode, Politician

"I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

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