#gas

Las Vegas suggests that the thirst for places, for cities and gardens and wilderness, is unslaked, that people will still seek out the experience of wandering about in the open air to examine the architecture, the spectacles, and the stuff for sale, will still hanker after surprises and strangers. That the city as a whole is one of the most pedestrian-unfriendly places in the world suggests something of the problems to be faced, but that its attraction is a pedestrian oasis suggests the possibility of recovering the spaces in which walking is viable. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#page- #architecture

No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#housekeeping #orgasm #sex #sexuality #women

Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#audiences #come #crowd #different #different places

All I know is that these two gases both had a quite extraordinary effect, and that there was no respirator, and no protection against them that we knew of. So the soldiers would have been unable to protect themselves against this gas in any way. ↗

— Albert Speer

#any #been #both #effect #extraordinary

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

#billion #continues #cost #dependence #each

Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#come #common #considerable #devastation #following

If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#gas #happiness #inspirational #journey #life

If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#continue #costly #dependence #energy #energy sources

While there are many influences on gas prices in America, I believe the passage of a national energy bill will help relieve this burden on our country. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#believe #bill #burden #country #energy

I understand that NASA reported that there's new evidence of water on Mars. I'm here to report that we still don't have any evidence of affordable gasoline in Michigan. ↗

— David Bonior

#any #evidence #gasoline #here #i