Opec Quotes

• Fear of emotional contact with men out of fear of being a sexual suspect makes boys, ironically, even more powerless before girls. Homophobia is like telling the United States it will be a sissy nation if it doesn't get all its oil from OPEC.

  Warren Farrell

  Girl, Boys, Men

  "Why Men Are the Way They Are". Book by Warren Farrell, 1986.

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• For decades, our dependence on OPEC oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the Middle East at an incredible price. We've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of American soldiers have died securing Middle East oil.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Oil, Decision, Soldier

  "Oil Prices Are Dropping. So What?" by T. Boone Pickens, www.politico.com. November 5, 2014.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  Paul Gillmor

  Hurt, Years, Oil

  8 Copy quote

• 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.'

  Donald Trump

  Mean, Gasoline Prices, Over You

  8 Copy quote

• Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, lets use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

  Pete Domenici

  Oil, Energy, Use

  10 Copy quote

• My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Focus, United States

  "ABC Grills Trump With Tough Questions, Provided Softballs for Dem Candidates in 2007". Interview with George Stephanopoulos, www.newsbusters.org. April 19, 2011.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel

  Ed Markey

  Christian, Lions, Chance

  12 Copy quote

• 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.

  Byron Dorgan

  Hands, Gasoline Prices, Pockets

  7 Copy quote

• There is no free market for oil.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Oil, Free Market, Oil Industry

  "An alternative to alternative energy: T. Boone Pickens at TED2012". blog.ted.com. February 29, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.

  Frederick W. Smith

  Oil, Cartels, Free Market

  10 Copy quote

• I said earlier [2015] year that I thought we'd get to 10 or 20 bucks [per barrel ] because that's the marginal cost, and when you're in a price war, it's the marginal cost that determines the price.It is a price war because basically the OPEC reason did not cut production in their November 2014 meeting was that they got tired of cutting production and having American frackers and Russians et cetera grab market share.

  Gary Shilling

  War, Tired, Cutting

  Source: www.sfgate.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Four fifty-four for gas... because we have nobody that calls up OPEC... and say, [mobster voice] 'That. Price. Better. Get. Lower. And it better. Get. Lower. Fast.'

  Donald Trump

  Voice, Four, Fifty

  "The 25 'Best' Quotes of CPAC 2011" by Roy Edroso, www.esquire.com. February 13, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• OPEC production went from 30 million barrels a day to 33 million. They flooded the market, and it's lost them a lot of money. Look at the Saudis: they just floated a $17.5 billion debt offering, they earlier borrowed $10 billion from a group of international banks; they're selling part of Aramco - they're desperate for money.

  Gary Shilling

  Offering, Groups, Looks

  Source: www.sfgate.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• OPEC has got a monopoly. If you try and get a lobbyist in Washington to go against OPEC, they'll say, 'Oh, this is great. Donald Trump wants me to be a lobbyist,' and then they'll go check and say, 'Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Trump, we can't represent you. We represent OPEC or one of the 12 nations.'

  Donald Trump

  Sorry, Trying, Want

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Russia does not control oil prices - OPEC does. So Russia is a hostage in the hands of those who control these prices

  Christopher A. Pissarides

  Russia, Hands, Oil

  4 Copy quote

• My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

  Steven Spielberg

  Mom, Running, Oil

  8 Copy quote

• The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.

  Frank Herbert

  Oil, Water, Scarcity

  "Dune Genesis". Essay in "Omni", Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 72, July 1980.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source