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Tony Hayward Is a Lover, Not a Spiller

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“I didn’t want to leave BP, because I love the company. Because I love the company, I must leave BP.”

~ Tony Hayward may, as some have suggested, have a future as a poet.

Posted in Quote of the DayTagged BP, Tony Hayward

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