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. WHITEOh, I never look under the hood.
More E. B. White Quotes
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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A writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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