Author: E. B. White

Quotes

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

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

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.

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

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

- 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

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

- 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

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

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.

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

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