E. B. White Quotes

"Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time."
-E. B. White in Democracy quotes.

"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

"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

"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

"People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust."
-E. B. White

"I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens."
-E. B. White in Literature quotes.

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one."
-E. B. White in Genius quotes.

"Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts."
-E. B. White in Prejudice quotes.

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
-E. B. White in Nature quotes.

"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer."
-E. B. White

"We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry."
-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."
-E. B. White