Memorable Quotes and quotations from E. B. WhiteE. B. White US author & humorist (1899 - 1985)E. B. White - - Loneliness is a strange gift. E. B. White - - I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. E. B. White - - Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society -- things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. E. B. White - Some Remarks on Humor, introduction - Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind. E. B. White - - If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But 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 - - The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. 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. E. B. White - New Yorker, July 3, 1944 - Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time. |
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