Energy Quotes

"Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it"

"Simply put, drilling in ANWR would be expensive, environmentally devastating, and would do very little to fix our energy crisis or to bring down the price of oil and gasoline"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"All told, these profit levels have put the world's five largest publicly traded oil companies on track to earn more than $100 billion before year's end. Yet, at the same time that Big Oil's bottom line is going up, so are Americans' energy costs"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice"

Camryn Manheim, Actress

"Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world"

Camryn Manheim, Actress

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space"

Johnny Cash, Musician

"If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground"

Herman Cain, Businessman

"An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job"

Newt Gingrich, Politician

"There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China"

Vinton Cerf, Inventor

"I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world... I hope you could feel the positive energy that beamed to the whole planet as we glided over"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

"With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I have always had a tremendous amount of energy and any band I was ever in from the age of fourteen, I would always be the one who would describe the future and vibe everyone up"

Jim Capaldi, Musician

"I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available"

Lee R. Raymond, Businessman

"I believe in energy like dark energies. I believe that when a family moves into a house where six murders took place, there's going to be some bad juju in that house. But then again what the hell is wrong with you to be moving in that house to begin with?"

Ryan Reynolds, Actor

"People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives"

J. Michael Straczynski, Producer

"There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind"

Annie Dillard, Author

"Renewable energy also creates more jobs than other sources of energy - most of these will be created in the struggling manufacturing sector, which will pioneer the new energy future by investment that allows manufacturers to retool and adopt new technologies and methods"

Jay Inslee, Politician

"We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying"

Sue Grafton, Novelist

"Sex is energy"

Beatrice Wood, Artist

"Most of the people who get sent to die in wars are young men who've got a lot of energy and would probably rather, in a better world, be putting that energy into copulation rather than going over there and blowing some other young man's guts out"

Alan Moore, Writer

"I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue"

John Hickenlooper, Politician

"It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy"

Richard Burr, Politician

"For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative magnitude rating than using light energy from the middle of the spectrum"

Charles Francis Richter, Scientist

"We depend on our rivers and dams for energy, transportation, irrigation and recreation and I will continue this year to fight for what's best for the Pacific Northwest"

Cathy McMorris, Politician

"And when these advances are made, hydrogen can fill critical energy needs beyond transportation. Hydrogen can also be used to heat and generate electricity for our homes. The future possibilities of this energy source are enormous"

Dan Lipinski, Politician

"As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression"

Angela Davis, Activist

"I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea"

Cyndi Lauper, Musician

"My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do"

Nana Mouskouri, Musician

"It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work"

Jerry Gillies, Author

"People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix"

River Phoenix, Actor

"Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities"

Kenneth Lay, Businessman

"To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God"

Joseph Ratzinger, Clergyman

"You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there"

Adrian Grenier, Actor

"What's natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. What's natural and right is interconnectedness, not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system, not killing the system. What's natural and right is love"

Susan Powter, Celebrity

"In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets"

Jeffrey Skilling, Criminal

"You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need"

Jerry Gillies, Author

"Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works"

Ken Blanchard, Author

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