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Quotations by author » E. B. White
American writer 1899-1985
Quotes: 21 - 40 of 48 Pages: First Previous 1 2 3 Next Last
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
FutureNature
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members
Loyalty
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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It should restate and clarify the social dilemma and the political pickle. Once in a while it does, and you get a quick glimpse of its potential.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
Luck
Oh, I never look under the hood.
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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
Elderly
One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
OpinionsPrejudice
She would write 8 or 10 words, then draw her gun and shoot them down.
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Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.
Television
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it.
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The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it
ChangeCommon sense
The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss-a drafty wench, her temperature up and down, full of bold promises and dust in the eye.
America and AmericansCities
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
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The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people
Trouble
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind
World
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
Agreement
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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