Emmanuel Sibug

“My father answered my letter without delay, writing as follows: My dear boy, I love you so much that if it weren’t against my honour, which I cherish more than anything, I would have come for you straight away. Without any exaggeration, not to see you every day as I used to is like losing the light of my eyes. But I shall carry on here leading my family in the paths of righteousness, and you must learn to be a good craftsman. Only, you must never forget these few simple words; let them guide you always: Follow the honest, upright way In whatever house you stay.”
― Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

“Such was the result of an oil king’s resolve to manufacture culture wholesale, by executive order!”
― Upton Sinclair, Oil!

“The wobblies had a song about it in their jungles: “We go to work to get the cash to buy the food to get the strength to go to work to get the cash to buy the food to get the strength to go to work—” and so on,”
― Upton Sinclair, Oil!

“In truth the land of the pilgrim’s pride no longer existed; in its place was the land of the millionaire’s glory.”
― Upton Sinclair, Oil!