People Sniffing Petrol

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

“I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all artists, they are certainly the most wretched.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)

“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)