Oil/basis

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or basis:

    “Eat what you can get.
    Where’s the salt
    in this dump of a village?
    And, Lucky Man,
    what’s the use
    of a salty thing
    if there’s no oil in it?”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)