"The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground,"

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Source : "Petroleum joyride almost over?". www.wired.com. May 29, 2005.

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

#Thinking Quotes #Oil Quotes #Cages Quotes

“It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business.”
“There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.”
“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”
“I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call "policing the area." That's where you looked around and if there's anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that's a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won't have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.”
“Human potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world.”
“The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves. All of these people who are heroes, these guys who have been lily white and clean all their lives, if they went through what I went through, they would commit suicide. They don't have the heart that I have. I've lived places they can't defecate in.”
“They say time flies, but you keep breaking itâ€™s wings.”
“Engineering is the art or science of making practical.”

Source : Samuel Florman (2013). “The Existential Pleasures of Engineering”, p.5, Souvenir Press

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