Gallon Quotes

[Sen. Richard Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), who authored legislation calling for inflation to again be considered in state budget projects, was less tactful.] We knew that if you don't budget for inflation it will catch up with you... Three dollars a gallon for gas was not predictable, but rising costs were certainly predictable. We had an ostrich-buries-his-head-in-the-sand approach to the budget because we were trying to get through the session without admitting we had to raise taxes. - Richard Cohen

[Last week's quote : (] This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They're back! There's no choice left. And I'm ready for war. ... Sin City. - Mickey Rourke

[In less than a week, gasoline prices have jumped by as much as 60 cents a gallon, with stations selling premium grades at an average $3 a gallon, according to AAA. On average, gasoline is 50 percent more expensive than it was last year.] We're in uncharted territory... We haven't experienced something like this since the 1980's. - John Felmy

[Gas prices, which hit a national average of $2.61 a gallon this week, are affecting sales of large pickups and SUVs] around the margins, ... We're not really seeing a wholesale change in buying patterns. - Deborah Silverman

[And make no mistake: Energy prices are everything these days. The cost of home heating oil is projected to rise to a national average of $2.47 a gallon this winter, a 28.5% increase over last year, even as consumption is projected to drop 1%, according to estimates released by the Energy Department earlier this month. Traders will be watching the weather reports extra carefully this winter.] The demand for energy has been tempered by high prices... but demand could surge again if winter weather turns unusually cold. - Gary Thayer