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Life should be built on the conservation of energy. -- Herbert M. Shelton
Strict conservation of energy in the elementary process had thus been confirmed also by a negative experiment. -- Walther Bothe
The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it. -- Isaac Asimov
One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed. -- Edward M. Lerner
Extolling the virtues of conservation of energy, Churchill advised, Never stand when you can sit, and never sit when you can lie down. -- Winston S. Churchill
The law of the conservation of energy is already known, viz. that the sum of the actual and potential energies in the universe is unchangeable. -- William John Macquorn Rankine
Work sustains us as bodies and it consumes a great deal of energy. The conservation of energy is the component theme of Buddhist practice and yoga. That is why people live in monasteries. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Nature abhors a hero. For one thing, he violates the law of conservation of energy. For another, how can it be the survival of the fittest when the fittest keeps putting himself in situations where he is most likely to be creamed? -- Solomon Short
Revolution is everywhere, in everything. It is infinite. There is no final revolution, no final number. The social revolution is only one of an infinite number of numbers: the law of revolution is not a social law, but an immeasurably greater one. It is a cosmic, universal law - like the laws of the conservation of energy and of the dissipation of energy (entropy). -- Yevgeny Zamyatin
Conservation of energy also protects our environment. -- Lamar S. Smith
Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence. -- Tom Allen
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy. -- Dick Cheney
The growth that we want is one that brings real benefits to the people, raises quality and efficiency of development, and contributes to energy conservation and environmental protection. -- Li Keqiang
Saving petrol is saving India's money. This is a sense of patriotism. The country can be energy-independent by energy conservation. I appeal to the other ministers also to do this. -- Veerappa Moily
We must commit ourselves to an 'all of the above' energy approach, with a major focus on increasing domestic production and expanding alternatives fuels, while increasing efficiency and conservation standards. -- Peter Roskam
By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country. -- Ron Lewis
Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy. -- Blythe Danner
Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side. -- John W. Snow
I came here to help make America more competitive and prosperous by developing an energy policy that increases conservation, promotes cleaner technologies, encourages development of renewables and enhances domestic production of gas and oil. -- Greg Walden
We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability. -- Paul Gillmor
I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California. -- Gray Davis
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. -- Jimmy Carter
Conservation of energy. Never stand up when you can sit down, and never sit down when you can lie down. -- Paul Johnson
Every act of energy conservation... is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism. -- Jimmy Carter
In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption. -- Jerry Costello
We'd find more energy in the attics of American homes (through energy conservation measures) than in all the oil buried in Alaska. -- Amory Lovins
If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade. -- Steven Chu
I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation. -- Ian Somerhalder
There is a conservation of matter and of energy, there may be a conservation of life; or if not of life, of something which transcends life. -- Oliver Lodge

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