Barrel Quotes

[Many politicians see no problem with that. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, argues that it is better for members to earmark money for their districts than to leave spending to the] bureaucrats. ... I hope not... . Pork barrel is in the eye of the beholder. - Steny Hoyer

[Just about the only thing about which both sides agree is that the recent run-up in oil prices, which began well before Hurricane Katrina, has been caused because demand for oil - spurred by growth in China, the generally healthy economic condition of the Western world, and other factors - has caught up with supply.] The world produces about 85 million barrels a day, ... That's where demand is now, too. And I've seen forecasts that demand is going to be higher than that by the end of the year. - Boone Pickens

[In] Shooting Dad... There were years and years when he hid out by himself in the garage making rifle barrels and I holed up in my room reading Allen Ginsberg poems, and we were incapable of having a conversation that didn't end in an argument. - Sarah Vowell

[Even so, he thinks oil exploration and production stocks may still be worth a look. Some of the stocks are trading as if oil is $50 a barrel whereas] oil is at $65 right now... So even if oil prices were to fall back, that sub-sector would still be undervalued. - Ben Halliburton

[Broadly speaking, the United States should have plenty of gasoline inventories to meet demand. At the end of last week, the country had about 194 million barrels of gasoline, and on an average day, Americans consume about 9.3 million barrels.] The key thing that I can't answer is will consumers act appropriately... If they decide to rush the system, it can't handle it even in the best of times. - John Felmy

. . . women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine they have produced an idea. - Anna Julia Cooper