A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
E. B. WHITEI 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.
More E. B. White Quotes
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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The city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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