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Grease Quotes

Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.

Calvin Trillin (2011). “Trillin on Texas”, p.1, University of Texas Press

No government functions without the grease of corruption.

Carlos Fuentes (2007). “The Eagle's Throne: A Novel”, p.37, Random House

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

"The Kicker" (ca. 1870).This citation is traditional among quotation dictionaries, but it must be noted that no Billings poem called "The Kicker" or with words like these has ever been veri?ed.The earliest documented version appears in the Wall Street Journal, 20 May 1910: "The wheel that squeaks the loudest / Is the wheel that gets the grease." The saying is now proverbial, often with a form like "the squeaky wheel gets the grease."

Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

Italo Calvino (2017). “The Uses of Literature”, p.199, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

"Fictional character: C-3PO". "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope", www.imdb.com. 1977.

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.29, Vintage

Its the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease

Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.396, Ballantine Books