People Sniffing Petrol

Famous quotes containing the words people, sniffing and/or petrol:

    “When men and women across the country reported how happy they felt, researchers found that jugglers were happier than others. By and large, the more roles, the greater the happiness. Parents were happier than nonparents, and workers were happier than nonworkers. Married people were much happier than unmarried people. Married people were generally at the top of the emotional totem pole.”
    —Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

    “On her headstone you’ll find this refrain:
    ‘She died as she lived, sniffing cocaine.’”
    —Unknown. Cocaine Lil (l. 27–28)

    “What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)