Oil Quotes - Page 7

Nature demands a gift for everything that it gives, so what we have to keep doing, is returning [leaves & compost materials] back to the soil, then we're continuously giving the gifts to nature, because we have a return cycle.

Numerous studies have clearly demonstrated that coconut oil has a neutral effect on cholesterol levels. The reason coconut oil does not adversely affect cholesterol is because it is composed primarily of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA). These fatty acids are different from those commonly found in other food sources and are burned almost immediately for energy production, and so they are not converted into body fat or cholesterol to the degree other fats are and do not affect blood cholesterol levels.

The greater the battle - the greater the spoils.

And it makes you wonder—how can a people incapable of selecting their own lightbulbs and toilets possess enough competence to vote for their own rulers and fill out complicated tax returns?

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.

Since it took up office, the Commission which I lead has pursued a clear policy: we need less interference from Brussels when it comes to the things that Member States can deal with better on their own. That is why we no longer regulate oil cans or showerheads, but concentrate instead on what we can do better together rather than alone - such as tackling the refugee crisis or securing our external borders. Only in that way can we make people feel that Europe makes a tangible difference.

Water will be more important than oil this century

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.

Trials are the soil in which faith flourishes.

Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it.

That's not a prediction, that's a spoiler.

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

I have a lot of experience with making fake helmets out of foil.

Pritkin and Mircea mixed like oil and water, only not so well.

Problems are like toilet paper. You pull on one and ten more come.

Good olive oil, good butter, milk - they give food taste and depth and a richness that you cant reproduce with low-fat ingredients.

The years of early childhood are the time to prepare the soil.

There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

To feed our people we must first feed our soil

If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.

Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls. We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat. George! Only joking, Mum.

It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.