Oil

Famous quotes containing the word oil:

    “Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)