Oil/basis

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or basis:

    “I bade, because the wick and oil are spent
    And frozen are the channels of the blood....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.”
    —Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)