“The money that fueled the explosion of gluttony at the top had to come from somewhere or, more specifically, from someone. Since no domestic oil deposits had been discovered, no new seams of uranium or gold, and since the war in Iraq enriched only the military contractors and suppliers, it had to come from other Americans.” WarWealthMilitaryGoldIraqOilExplosionsDepositsGluttonyContractorUraniumSuppliers Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“If you want to be productive, follow leads and dig. Whether it is for oil, gold or information, it requires action - your action. Question authority. Do it yourself.” IfsWantActionInformationAuthorityGoldOilProductiveDo It Yourself Author:Andrew Saul
“I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars under my house.” KindPersonsHouseWeaponsGoldOilBarsFreakApocalypticPeak Oil Author:Tim Hecker
“What opened up the American West was the fact that you owned the real estate. You owned the gold mines, the oil wells. The creation of these, back then, million dollar industries drove the railroads and eventually the airlines to provide this kind of transportation.” WellsKindRealFactsMillionsCreationMinesIndustryGoldDollarsWestOilEstatesMillion DollarsAirlineTransportationRailroadsAmerican West Author:Peter Diamandis
“When we talk about the Far East we usually mean the Far East itself, including Primorye Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Kamchatka, and Chukotka, as well as Eastern Siberia. All this area contains tremendous resources, including oil and gas, 90 percent of Russian tin, 30 percent of Russian gold, 35 percent of forest, 70 percent of Russia's fish is harvested in the local waters.” WellsMeanWaterPercentResourcesAreasGoldIncludingFishesOilEastRussiaLocalsForestsGasTerritoryEasternTinOil And GasSiberia Author:Vladimir Putin
“This is also evident in Europe, not the dependence on oil and gas, but the fact that structural reforms are long overdue, and I think that the leading economies are very pragmatic and efficient in addressing the issues facing the European economy. That is why we keep approximately 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros.” ThinkingLongFactsEconomyIssuesPercentEuropeGoldOilReformGasEfficientCurrencyReservesDependenceEvidentPragmaticEuroOverdueOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask.” WorldLittlesTodayNextAsksLeaderWonderTechnologyToo MuchCuttingFieldsCommunicationGoldMiracleIncreaseOilBudgetsReservesDeficitMosesRelishBudget DeficitCommunication TechnologyOil Field Author:Jonathan Sacks
“Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely.” HeartWarEnoughTimeCausesGoldValuableOilTreasureDiamond Author:Cecelia Ahern
“He went through the cupboards, found the olive oil, and started upstairs again. He glanced down at the green and gold label and had to bite back a laugh at the words Extra Virgin. That about summed it up.” FoundLaughingGoldGreenOilLabelsExtrasBitesVirginsOlivesUpstairsCupboardsOlive Oil Author:Josh Lanyon
“[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere manipulating the system, and using religion to get what they want to get out of us, which is the oil, the diamond, the gold and the land.” WantWarSoulGodSpiritualityLandSittingGoldKillingOilCivil WarDiamond Author:Emmanuel Jal
“The old foundations of success are gone ... The world's wealthiest man, Bill Gates, owns nothing tangible: no land, no gold or oil, no factories ... For the first time in history the world's wealthiest man owns only knowledge.” MenWorldFirstsWealthGoneLandFirst TimeGoldFoundationBillsOilGatesFactoriesTangible Book:Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge-Based Economy Source: Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge-Based Economy
“As things are now going the peace we make, what peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace in brief.without moral purpose or human interest.” HumansSeemsPurposePeaceInterestMoralGoldOilShipping Author:Archibald MacLeish
“Wilderness has become one of the world's fastest disappearing resources, and it is non-renewable. Yet unlike oil, gold or woodchips, it is essential to the wellbeing of humanity. We are made of it and fashioned by it...our psychological beings resonate with it.” WorldMadeHumanityEnvironmentEssentialsResourcesGoldOilDisappearPsychologicalWildernessWellbeing Author:Bob Brown
“Gold is where you find it, according to an old adage, but judging from the record of our experience, oil must be sought first of all in our minds.” MindFirstsRecordsJudgingGoldOilAdagesOil Industry Author:Wallace Pratt
“Moreover, they [the Central Asian Republics] are of importance from the standpoint of security and historical ambitions to at least three of their most immediate and more powerful neighbors, namely Russia, Turkey and Iran, with China also signaling an increasing political interest in the region. But the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to important minerals, including gold.” ImportantPoliticalThreeInterestNaturalPowerfulEconomicSecurityAmbitionGoldImportanceHistoricalIncludingChinaOilNeighborRussiaEnormousGasConcentrationRegionsPrizeIranRepublicReservesTurkeysAsianStandpointMineralsNatural GasBalkans Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.” WorldLooksEarthUniverseFeetPositionKingsGoldFruitOilSeedsTreasureDustLook UpLakesRulersFinestBricksGemsRobesRagsPebbles Author:Gautama Buddha