"It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground."

-- T. Boone Pickens

#New York Quotes #Oil Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”

Source : Daniel Woodrell (2012). “Winter's Bone”, p.8, Hachette UK
“Wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense!”
“Watch where you leave your victims! I stubbed my toe on that.”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2003). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: Amulet of Samarkand, The (International Edition)”, Disney-Hyperion
“He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.”

Source : Richard Savage (1775). “The Works of Richard Savage, Esq., Son of the Earl Rivers: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author”, p.91
“Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.”
“Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art.”

Source : Clement Greenberg, John O'Brian (1995). “The Collected Essays and Criticism, Volume 4: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969”, p.86, University of Chicago Press
“writing is like being in love. You never get better at it or learn more about it. The day you think you do is the day you lose it. Robert Frost called his work a lover's quarrel with the world. It's ongoing. It has neither a beginning nor an end. You don't have to worry about learning things. The fire of one's art burns all the impurities from the vessel that contains it.”
“I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.”

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