Author: E. B. White

Quotes

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

- E. B. White

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

- E. B. White

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

- E. B. White

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

- E. B. White

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.

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

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

- E. B. White

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

- E. B. White

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.

- E. B. White

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

- E. B. White

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