Soviet Oil

Famous quotes containing the words soviet and/or oil:

    ““Is there life on Mars?” “No, not there either.””
    —Russian saying popular in the Soviet period, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)

    “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)