Elwyn Brooks White Quotes Elwyn Brooks White There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. Agreement Countries Disagreement Likely Nothing People Start
I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright. Elwyn Brooks White
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. Elwyn Brooks White
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. Elwyn Brooks White
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. Elwyn Brooks White
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. Elwyn Brooks White
When I was young, I had an 'aha' moment in church. There was a thing called testimony service, and somebody would sing a song, and everyone else would join in, finding a note where they fit. During one of those, a light went on in my head. In that moment, I heard everything – Parliament, the Staple Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Prince – in there. D'Angelo
I'm pretty sure my mom is the only person on the planet who thinks that she got cancer so that I could find my calling in life, but as I started to build this company, all my years of useless education, random jobs, and weird interests merged into this serendipitous moment. Yael Cohen
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. Elwyn Brooks White
I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care – not in a lasting way – about what's happening to them. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab