Andrew Gould Quotes

There's no substitute for seeing firsthand a well being drilled.

I'm a professional geologist, an explorationist for oil. That's what I've done in my career, one that's culminated in - at least to this point - playing a part in finding the largest field in the last 40 years anywhere in the world. That's the Bakken field, which I believe will yield 24 billion barrels of oil in the decades to come, maybe more.

A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

I didn't understand anything about fracking or horizontal drilling until about 2010, when I first learned about the Eagle Ford.

The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing.

I'm not going to pretend that I'm something I'm not just because society says celebrities should be these perfect people that have to act a certain way.

Half the time, when I first run onstage, I can't look directly at the audience just because of self-consciousness. It's human nature. Sometimes you feel like the man, and sometimes you don't. But sometimes that self-conscious energy is good for the show, it draws people in more.

Just because something is English does not necessarily mean it is good. We make the best cheddar; we make great pasties. But we can't make very good brie or baguettes - and the French can't make pork pies.

Just because something exists in the society, it doesn't mean it has to be correct.

At first, when we got engaged, I asked him if we could just go to Vegas and get married by Elvis, just because I didn't want to deal with planning a wedding.

Just because you see me singing up on a stage doesn't mean I don't have real life behind it.

I started off playing my own songs, just because I saw it as a means to an end almost of, 'Right, if you want to play gigs, you have to write your own songs.' I mean, they were absolutely terrible.

At age 12, or even eight or nine, athletes were my role models. So when I would say I wanted to be the best, it was just because I was seeing my idols and wanted to do that. I don't think it necessarily was the most realistic thought process.

Just because you're in college, or a university student, that does not mean you're the only thing you are.

If you're passionate enough you can restore anything but it depends whether you're doing it to try and make money or just because you're crazy about it.

To me 'Varayo' is a special song, not just because it has given me seven awards so far, but the experience of singing with Unnikrishnan ji.

I dropped out of college in Hawaii just because I thought school was for losers. But school's really important.

No matter how much wrestling you have watched in your life, you know how big Wrestlemania and how momentous it is. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend aren't die hard WWE fans, but they are fans of Wrestlemania just because of how huge the event is.

I think growing up, people want to put you in a box and label you quite often, just because it's kind of easier, I guess.

Just because a product says 'As Seen on TV' and looks like my product doesn't mean it performs like my product or will sell like my product.

I would never want to be treated as a prop, to be looked on as an object just because of my gender.

Just because you want to wear organic cotton doesn't mean you have to spend an arm and a leg.

Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.

Just because I am a celebrity doesn't mean I can't say, 'Sorry.'

We are young; we are naive with money. Money can go fast. If anyone thinks he is something better just because he has more money in the account, then he can very quickly fall on your face.