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Oil! QUOTES

1 " Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

2 " It appeared as if the whole world was one elaborate system, opposed to justice and kindness, and set to making cruelty and pain. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

3 " So the laws of good driving forbade you to go off the magic ribbon except in extreme emergencies. You were ethically entitled to several inches of margin at the right-hand edge; and the man approaching you was entitled to an equal number of inches; which left a remainder of inches between the two projectiles as they shot by. It sounds risky as one tells it, but the heavens are run on the basis of similar calculations, and while collisions do happen, they leave time enough in between for universes to be formed, and successful careers conducted by men of affairs. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

4 " Don't complain about our coffee; someday you may be old and weak yourself. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

5 " but they know that’s all bait for suckers, and if you could hear them laughing at you behind your back, you’d realize how you’re being used. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

6 " Вы не должны обманывать себя, воображая, что можете всегда нанять достаточно опытных специалистов; да и как можете вы судить об опытности данного специалиста, если сами не изучили дела также хорошо, как и он? Ваш-специалист может умереть, его может переманить какой-нибудь другой нефтепромышленник, и тогда что с вами будет? «Вы сами должны быть своим экспертом-специалистом», - говорил всегда отец. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

7 " Чем больше вы делаете людям добра, тем меньше они вас ценят, считая, что вы обязаны это им делать. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

8 " - Мечта о любви, о настоящей искренней любви никогда не умирает в душе женщины. Жизнь делает иногда женщин циничными, заставляет их говорить, что они не верят в любовь, но это только слова. В глубине души они глубоко страдают, надеются и ждут, потому что для них любовь - самое важное в жизни. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

9 " You could never be sure how much of it was acting, for he was sly as the devil, and not above using his arts on those he loved. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

10 " Приятно сознавать, что у вас груды денег, но на своих пирах сажайте за стол скелет и, упиваясь вином успеха, прислушивайтесь к тихому шепоту:
- Memento mori! "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

11 " You mustn’t fool yourself with the idea that you could hire experts to attend to things; for how could you know that a man was an expert, unless you knew as much as he did? Some day your foreman might drop dead, or some other fellow would buy him away from you, and then where would you be? Be your own expert, said Dad! "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

12 " Their frail human nature was subjected to a strain greater than it was made for; the fires of greed had been lighted in their hearts, and fanned to a white heat that melted every principle and every law. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

13 " All that a teacher had to do was to let these fellows ask questions, and quickly the whole group would be wandering in a maze, demoralized by what the Japanese government in its control of education describes as “dangerous thoughts. "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!

14 " They respected this “old man,” because he knew his business, and nobody could fool him. Also they liked him, because he combined a proper amount of kindliness with his sternness; he was simple and unpretentious—when the work was crowded, you would have him eating his beans and coffee on a stool in the “eats” joint alongside you. He "

― Upton Sinclair , Oil!