Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Hodgkinson

It's pretty obvious that Western lifestyles which rely on gigantic amounts of electricity use up far more resources than a subsistence-based life. A little more poverty would be a good thing.

We're not a heavy user of energy. You may start to see an impact on electricity (rates) because we use gas for generation plants.

We have no electricity, no public water that is safe to drink, and no telephones in most areas.

We found ourselves with no water, electricity or phone for weeks. We needed to rebuild the entire infrastructure.

We've been painting and turning on the water for the boaters, making sure those facilities (water and electricity) work so we'll be up and ready for the start of the season.

Joanna Garcia

I'm not a techie, but I don't know how I lived without an iPad! Mine comes with me everywhere. As greatest inventions go, it's up there with electricity and cars.

Chris Williams

I'm sure the price of electricity will go up, too. I end up paying one way or another,

Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy.

The trends on electricity are good and Suez is gaining from its production mix. With a significant part of their production nuclear, they are gaining hugely from the increase in the price of electricity. They're also signing on new clients. All of this has helped results.

Jools Holland

When I was very small, the electricity was turned off because we didn't pay the bill. I remember sitting by the oil lamp listening to my mother playing 'Careless Love' on the piano.

This marks a turning point in the electricity supply shortfalls of a few years ago.

It has been very obvious to us that they are not so much interested in electricity,

If there's no electricity, can you walk up and down the stairs?

If utilities shut off your electricity, they'll never get your money, so typically they will work with you.

If you turn the experiment around and put the hydrogen and oxygen in and take the electricity off, you have a fuel cell.

I didn't feel the electricity today. I didn't see the spark in the team's eyes.

Andy Roddick

I love playing at night here. The electricity is great.

P. J. O'Rourke

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.

Dorothy Thompson

The house was a dump. There was no plumbing, no electricity, no bathrooms,

The headline reflects a 3.2 percent rise in gasoline prices. Natural gas and electricity prices were also much stronger than the PPI suggested. The good news is the 0.1 percent core, which supports the Fed's view that transitory factors have boosted inflation in recent months.

Jeb Hensarling

And our people are winning the hearts and minds of the citizens, ... Iraqi people would run out and wave to the helicopters as we flew by. I heard story after story told by soldiers about how grateful these people are to have potable water, schools, and even electricity in their homes - some for the first time in their lives.

Philip James Bailey

Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.

Privatization means better electricity supply, a restructuring of the industry, mergers and acquisitions. Prices of electricity shares have been lagging and they have room to move up more.

There's an electricity and a buzz. When he does return, there will be a sense of normalcy here.

It's not like electricity where you turn it on and all of sudden it's there.

For instance, with energy, you can think about long-distance distribution mechanisms for electricity.

This places a question mark over all privatizations, including the electricity sector.

There was electricity just going and going like a wave. It just kept on going wave after wave.

Felix Kramer

You're substituting electricity for gasoline - that's the big benefit.

We walked through water, we couldnt shower, and we bathed with wet rags and soap because we didnt have water or electricity.

Thank God we have electricity to hold Mass.

It's arson. There's no lights, no electricity and no gas. What else is going to start it?

It's a new era. Guys have that taste in their mouths. Guys are starting to believe. It's an electricity, from top to bottom.