Famous quotes containing the word oil:
“As artists theyre rot, but as providers theyre oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (18931967)
“His education lay like a film of white oil on the black lake of his barbarian consciousness. For this reason, the things he said were hardly interesting at all. Only what he was.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatistthe problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with ones vinegar.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
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