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.

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.

Even Silicon Valley investors have put well over a $1 billion in new energy technologies.

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.

To fear love is to fear life and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

Release yourself from the power you've invested in your mirror and those around you - take control of who you are and how you feel!

The whole man is involved, the mind, the heart and the will, and a common cause of spiritual depression is the failure to realize that the Christian life is a whole life, a balanced life.

Happiness is the twinkle in your grandmother's eye as you reverse the tractor off her legs.

Apparently the only time the press gets it right is when the White House illegally leaks it to them.

Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.

If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?