Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or neck:
“To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatistthe problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with ones vinegar.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,
Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.
The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;
They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,
And flare up bodily, wings and all. What then?
Whos sorry for a gnat ... or girl?”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (18061861)
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