The North Sea was supposed to run out in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s. And now production is still on-line.

The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.

The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian Gulf suppliers, of which Saudi Arabia is at the top of the list.

We are living in a new age of energy supply anxiety.

Cycles of shortage and surplus characterize the entire history of oil.

We experienced similiar fears in the 1880s, at the end of World War I and II. And we ran out in the 1970s.

So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology.

To meet the energy challenge requires the most important energy of all - human creativity. That's the real prize.

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.

A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety.

But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of supply occurring over the coming years.

I admire great people who endure crisis and triumph over adversities of life.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable

You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage.

No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.

In the same way that men wear ties to add personality to their clothing, so too should women wear their accessories.

In my experience, previously counted chickens never do hatch.

I'm a lot easier to work with now than I have been in the past, for sure.

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

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