Rock Oil

Rock oil can refer to either:

  • Naphtha
  • Petroleum, which literally means "rock oil"
  • Rock oil (Scotland) - a substance gathered off sea rocks and used medicinally

Famous quotes containing the words rock and/or oil:

    “Here is no water but only rock
    Rock and no water and the sandy road
    The road winding above among the mountains
    Which are mountains of rock without water
    If there were water we should stop and drink
    Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re 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 (1893–1967)