Burmah Oil Company

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or company:

    “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)

    “In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.”
    —J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)