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I`d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

- Pete Rose

The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.

- Alexandra Paul

(The rise in oil prices) wouldn`t be quite as calamitous in Japan as it would in the U.S., where the people are more energy-dependent, ... Even though Japan may be efficient in its use of oil, like everyone else it still crimps your monthly budget. They`re paying more for gasoline, so they`re not immune to that.

- David Cohen

I don`t know why they tied our gasoline to the prices in Los Angeles, Gulf Coast and New York, ... We have nothing to do with those markets.

- Mark Moses

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

- Harry Houdini

Ah yes, the stunts, ... Although the SUV gag was - I think - the scariest, I really had to concentrate during the deserted gas station stunt where I pour gasoline on myself and do that jumping, aerial kick. I actually got burned pretty bad in that scene because once my pants caught fire the flames rapidly spread upwards very fast and burnt my eyebrows, armpit hairs, eyelashes and my nose. Then after a few more burning takes, we finally got it right.

- Tony Jaa
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Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years.

- Eric Schaeffer

People follow gasoline prices very closely. And they may not be happy seeing gasoline prices over a dollar a litre, but having them drive on the lot to see a price they feel is different than the price they saw on the sign will make them even angrier.

- John Hamilton

If we don`t get gasoline to keep our water system running, then we`re going to ask people to leave town, ... Our critical need is gas. We`ve had three incidents of looting because we can`t patrol like we need to because there`s no gasoline for our police cars.

- Jimmy White

What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the earth.

- Brad Sherman

This is a ridiculous move by the City Council. The price of gasoline depends on supply and demand, not an edict from City Council. What we need is more gasoline from the refineries, not more hot air from the politicians.

- James Hamilton

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn`t mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit`s still 65.

- Neil Sheehan

We have money saved up for the trip, so the cost of gasoline is less important than its availability. Our biggest concern is needing to refuel along the way in North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia, without being able to find any gasoline.

- Chris Atkins

From a meat standpoint, does this result in higher heating costs on top of higher gasoline costs? ... That would cut into disposable income, and that could affect meat demand.

- John Lawrence

That will provide roughly 10 percent more gasoline for California users and hopefully stabilize availability, which we hope will stabilize prices.

- Jerry Martin

This is not going to have any effect on the price of gasoline - maybe a penny a gallon 15 years from now.

- Arthur Mitchell

This week, it`s a gasoline story.

- Deborah White

We`ve gone from comfortable U.S. gasoline stocks to average and seem to be heading very clearly toward the low of the range. The market is worried about that.

- Deborah White

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

We`ve always planned on gasoline being over $65 a barrel,

- Jeff Bell

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.

- Al Zappala

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

- Al Zappala

In the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, I sent a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L Johnson urging him to waive regulations to allow for the early sale of winter grade fuel to help with gasoline shortages and gasoline prices.

- Al Zappala

Within four or five years the US might be getting 10 percent of its gasoline from ethanol - that would be like creating a new Indonesia.

- Alan Phillips

The administration has actually cut the mileage for SUVs, or reduced the amount of gasoline that those will be using in the future.

- Alex Grobler

He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.

- Alfred Steiglitz

I`m angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn`t have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in.

- Ali Alatas

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

- Ali Lacey

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.

- Alice Abrams

After the last two years of springtime gas price spikes, nearly everyone in Southeast Wisconsin understands that something is wrong with our gasoline regulation and supply system.

- Alice Hoglan

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don`t subsidize, we don`t want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact.

- Alice Marquardt

Our gasoline prices are hovering at $3 a gallon, and that causes a serious problem for a lot of our commerce and a lot of our families.

- Allama Iqbal

Our domestic demand for crude oil averages 21 million barrels a day. We refine only 17 million barrels a day. That means we import gasoline.

- Allan Cribbins

Let me respond with a few points, the first being that all immigrants pay taxes, income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, gasoline taxes, cigarette taxes, every tax when they make a purchase.

- Alun Michael

Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline.

- Amber Boucher

Today`s gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans` pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.

- Amy DePuy

I think we have to ask this administration, and the President specifically, about using their political capital now to stand up for the American consumer who is getting clobbered by these gasoline and oil prices.

- Andre Johnson

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption.

- Andrea Okomski

The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour`s labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job.

- Andrea Okomski

We`re going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.

- Andres S. Tannenbaum

It is unclear why they are not providing gasoline to some of the unbranded stations, ... When I say unclear, I mean it is unclear if there is a supply problem such that it cannot be provided to those independent stations.

- Andrzej Gaska

Gasoline is a very emotional type of product at the moment, and it`s highly visible. It`s on people`s minds a lot.

- Anissa Madrid

Some economists estimate that for every one-cent increase in the price of gas, spending in other areas will decline by one billion dollars. Wal-Mart estimates that higher gasoline prices take away $7 per week from an average family budget.

- Anissa Madrid

It`s not right for the oil companies to artificially bring prices up for gasoline already in the ground because of market predictions - especially when the price is not attributed to additional expenses by the vendor.

- Anne Marie

At the end of the summer driving season heading into fall, we should get some relief from high gasoline prices.

- Annesia Faulkner

(Left with $100 in his pocket, no food or clothes other than those on his back, and no gasoline in his car, Mr. Diaz wondered where he will live.) I regret even coming back, ... We wanted to see what we could save, but now we`re stuck here.

- Anthony Mormile

Instead of leading the country to bipartisan comprehensive reform, ... he runs more of a danger of putting gasoline on the fire.

- Antwi Atuahene

Chief Lawson would like to know without communication, food, water, enough buses and gasoline, how long would it take another American city to reach the limits of its compassion?

- Art Hogan

The panic component of the gasoline prices should drop back down to something more in line with oil prices.

- Arthur Brisbane

There and back is $10 worth of gasoline.

- Arty Ecock