Quotes about Gasoline

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. Votes: 4

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. Votes: 4

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline. Votes: 4

We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us. Votes: 4

As the cost of gasoline rises and our dependence on foreign oil continues to increase, the effect of sending over $100 billion each year to OPEC nations hurts every American. Votes: 4

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina. Votes: 4

Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York. Votes: 4

Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline. Votes: 4

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we don't want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact. Votes: 4

If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC. Votes: 4

Gasoline inventories are tighter than they were a few weeks ago. It's all about perception, because inventories are well above where they have been in previous years. Votes: 3

Gasoline prices are soaring through the stratosphere, and the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to be standing up for the consumer, ought to stop playing footsie with the oil companies and take steps to protect the American people. Votes: 3

I buy food and gasoline - that's it. Votes: 2

Ethanol doesn't burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper. Votes: 2

I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola. Votes: 2

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will. Votes: 2

Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe. Votes: 2

What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the earth. Votes: 2

Short cycle business are being impacted by credit, and are being impacted by gasoline prices, food, distribution businesses, chemical business. Votes: 2

Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain. Votes: 2

Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource. Votes: 2

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline. Votes: 2

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment. Votes: 2

After the last two years of springtime gas price spikes, nearly everyone in Southeast Wisconsin understands that something is wrong with our gasoline regulation and supply system. Votes: 2

Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America. Votes: 2

High gas prices are eating away at consumers disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel. Votes: 2

High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel. Votes: 2

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans. Votes: 2

I think we have to ask this administration, and the President specifically, about using their political capital now to stand up for the American consumer who is getting clobbered by these gasoline and oil prices. Votes: 2

A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations Votes: 2

Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies. Votes: 2

When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war. Votes: 2

I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in. Votes: 2

If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis. Votes: 2

In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, I sent a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L Johnson urging him to waive regulations to allow for the early sale of winter grade fuel to help with gasoline shortages and gasoline prices. Votes: 2

It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car. Votes: 2

Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly. Votes: 2

My mother, who grew up in Pennsylvania, literally washed my mouth out with soap once for saying, 'Shut up!' to my sister. She would have washed my mouth out with gasoline if she knew how foul my mouth was racially when she wasn't around. Votes: 2

How we fund transportation in this country is broken. You all pay a gasoline tax, right? Well, cars go farther, we get electric cars, and so on. And then we do more with the money than just build roads. We do bike lanes and mass transit. Votes: 2

My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance! Votes: 2

If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're going to go to $5, $6, $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that calls OPEC and says, 'Fellas, it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it anymore.' Votes: 2

By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands of them bear testimony to this today, still running on the roads of Cuba though fueled with nationalized Venezuelan gasoline and maintained with spit and haywire. Votes: 2

In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before. Votes: 2

Wherever there is injustice, there is anger, and anger is like gasoline - if you spray it around and somebody lights a matchstick, you have an inferno. But anger inside an engine is powerful: it can drive us forward and can get us through dreadful moments and give us power. I learnt this with my discussions with nuclear policy makers. Votes: 2

We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, 'You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline?' Everybody would look at you like you're completely out of your mind. Votes: 2

Passion is the gasoline of social media, Votes: 0

Content is fire. Social media is gasoline. Votes: 0

I've been putting out the fire with gasoline. Votes: 0

Content is fire and social media is gasoline. Votes: 0

ANYTHING will burn with enough gasoline and dynamite. Votes: 0

Content is the fire. Social media is the gasoline. Votes: 0

Mix the the gas with the lean, call that gasoline Votes: 0

Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow. Votes: 0

There were no sparks, just a gasoline fire burning through the dark Votes: 0

How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?! Votes: 0

There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline. Votes: 0

Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again, Votes: 0

The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams. Votes: 0

Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars. Votes: 0

Electric cars are coal-powered cars. Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline-powered cars." Votes: 0

Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious. Votes: 0

I struck my match, she poured out her gasoline. We burn now. All the time. Votes: 0

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. Votes: 0

I'm sure the gasoline companies would love to keep their 100 percent monopoly on transportation fuel. Votes: 0

The car bomb was fertilizer, gasoline, fireworks and propane tanks...still safer than a Toyota. Votes: 0

Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches. Votes: 0

She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand. Votes: 0

I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe) I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan) Votes: 0

If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can. Votes: 0

You could be adding gasoline to a roaring fire. We understand that. But this is who we are. Votes: 0

Of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up, we want it to go down. Votes: 0

If you empty, you can be filled up with anything. It could be water or it could be gasoline. Votes: 0

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline. Votes: 0

Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk. Votes: 0

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere. Votes: 0

The nuclear arms race is like two people sitting in a pool of gasoline spending all their time making matches. Votes: 0

Horses raise what the farmer eats and eats what the farmer raises. You can't plow the ground and get gasoline. Votes: 0

The modern city consists of...dark, narrow streets full of gasoline fumes, coal dust, and toxic gasses, torn by the noise... Votes: 0

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65. Votes: 0

One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use. Votes: 0

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. Votes: 0

Everywhere you go, you see women more beautiful than yourself. You imagine him being attracted to them. You're drinking gasoline to stay warm. Votes: 0

After hooking up the fuel line and pumping a little gasoline through the hose, I prepared for a workout on the 'coach's ergometer'. Votes: 0

A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage. Votes: 0

All businesses, including gasoline stations and restaurants, should close ever Sunday... by force of legislative fiat through the duly elected officials of the people. Votes: 0

Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone./Tequila in his heartbeat, his veins burned gasoline./18 and life you got it. Votes: 0

I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter. Votes: 0

As we head to war with Iraq, President Bush wants to make one thing clear: This war is not about oil. It's about gasoline. Votes: 0

There's a little exhaust pipe leaking gasoline, and that gasoline is how good your music is, the gasoline is how you have relationships with people. Votes: 0

I took a shower under a fountain drink machine at a gas station because it beats showering with unleaded gasoline at $3.33 a gallon and rising. Votes: 0

I did a lot of gasoline commercials - Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back. Votes: 0

We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices. The bubble burst in housing because people couldn't pay their mortgages because of $4 a gallon gasoline. Votes: 0

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible - or even sinful - that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! Votes: 0

If we don't cut carbon's money pipeline, we will pay for their gasoline with floods, droughts, fires, super storms, drowned cities, mass extinctions, wars, and collapsing civilizations. Votes: 0

I want a coffee machine that runs on gasoline and drives me to work. We can make love in the backseat, next to the cream and sugar. Votes: 0

You read [Bill ] Maher's book, and he didn't take Econ 101. All his arguments about gasoline, it's not that they're right or wrong - they're just not informed. Votes: 0

I would have been dead if it weren't for that great gift to civilization from the Chemistry Department of Harvard, which was napalm, or sticky jellied gasoline. Votes: 0

Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don't want to run out of gas on your trip, but you're not doing a tour of gas stations. Votes: 0

I understand that NASA reported that there's new evidence of water on Mars. I'm here to report that we still don't have any evidence of affordable gasoline in Michigan. Votes: 0

The way to bring gas prices down is to end our dependence on oil and use the renewable sources that can give us the equivalent of $1 per gallon gasoline. Votes: 0

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I told the waitress I wanted some coffee. She asked if I wanted leaded of unleaded, so I had to leave the restaurant, because I quit drinking gasoline years ago. Votes: 0

When you diversify your mutual funds, you are diversifying something that is already diversified. Diversifying mutual funds is like taking high octane gasoline & adding water & then adding orange juice to it. Votes: 0

The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up. Votes: 0

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job. Votes: 0

Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase. Votes: 0

Social networks are like grease - in some cases, gasoline - for our personal business networking machines. If you aren't plugged in, you will be out-done by better-connected, hyper-networked colleagues and competitors. Votes: 0

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward. Votes: 0

He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline. Votes: 0

The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance. Votes: 0

Those lips had curved into a knowing half smile that did funny things to her insides. And like a match tossed to gasoline, her body sparked alive and flames licked every inch of her. Votes: 0

The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening. Votes: 0

What oil companies don't want you to know is that refineries use a huge amount of electricity in refining gasoline. And that's usually not even figured into reports about gas cars' overall energy use. Votes: 0

In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer. Votes: 0

Cutting edge technologies have allowed us to utilize coal's diverse potentials. Not only are we using coal in cleaner and more environmentally sound methods, but importantly, we can turn coal into gasoline and diesel. Votes: 0

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. Votes: 0

When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame? Votes: 0

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump. Votes: 0