Famous quotes containing the words world and/or oil:
“The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“As artists they’re rot, but as providers they’re oil wells; they gush. Norris said she never wrote a story unless it was fun to do. I understand Ferber whistles at her typewriter. And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)