"A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water."
James Buchan

"If you manage to stop the timber industry from cutting this forest, they'll cut that forest. If you stop oil drilling here, they'll go drill there."
Woody Harrelson

"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' "
Joey Adams

"To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it."
George MacDonald

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun."
Ralph Nader

"We have to drill offshore; we have to do this. Oil executives say in a couple years we could be seeing results from it. So why not do it? We need to do it."
John McCain