E. B. White Quotes

E. B. White
American Writer
Born: Jul 11, 1899
Died: Oct 1, 1985
Man More Nothing People Time World
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E. B. White
People Nothing More Disagreement Countries Likely Than Agreement Among Start
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. E. B. White
Life Day Morning World Enjoy Torn Arise Between Makes Improve Plan Hard Desire
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. E. B. White
Genius Pot More Than Cracked Often Whole Found
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B. White
Future Time Nature Man Spent Respecting Would About More He Outwit Feel Proving Optimistic Tasting Seniority Less Sweetness Less Time Bright Bright Future Her
I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. E. B. White
Space Nothing Promising See Wheel View
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. E. B. White
Joy Long Run Laundry Only Gives Long Run Picking Sorting Us Should Grapes Even
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. E. B. White
You Men Luck Something Mention Self-Made Presence
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. E. B. White
Complicated Complicated Things One Thing No Limit Leading Another Limit Always How Account Get Thing Things
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19. E. B. White
Myself Me Age Problem Old Old Age Able About Mental Mental Image Never Shed Because Been Lad Special Image
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. E. B. White
Good True Friend Someone Writer Good Writer True Along Friend Often Who
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White
People Humor Few Analyzing Like Few People Frog Dies Interested Dissecting
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. E. B. White
Christmas Year Difficult Every Perceive More Through Becomes
I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright. E. B. White
Man Writing Political Men Way See Born Writer Piece Non-Political Although Perpendicular Upright Many Slant
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White
Politics Time Democracy People Half More Than Suspicion Right
One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy. E. B. White
Enemy Most Time-Consuming Things
Writing is hard work and bad for the health. E. B. White
Work Hard Work Health Writing Bad Hard
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. E. B. White
War Time Father Become Before Years Eighteen Dad
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus. E. B. White
Good Man Sense Nothing More Nor Than Handy Farmer Less
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. E. B. White
Fall Saw Critic Find Scarcely He Leaves Review Curtain Play Starting
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. E. B. White
Man Age Acceptance Power Speed Adjustment Atom New Terror His Violence
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. E. B. White
Fall Victim Circus Outlining Knives New Commas Yorker Precision New Yorker Act
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. E. B. White
Sense Of Humor Humor Whatever Sense Else About Absolutely He Himself Sure American Believes
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members. E. B. White
Man Club Other Easier Members He His Than Acquainted Personally Planet Loyal
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. E. B. White
Education Sometimes Judgment Luck More Mere Like Sheer Than Taste Getting Across Usage English Street

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