Elwyn Brooks White Quotes Elwyn Brooks White Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. Democracy Half People Politics Recurrent Right Suspicion Time
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. Elwyn Brooks White
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. Elwyn Brooks White
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. Elwyn Brooks 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. 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
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
Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world. Qorianka Kilcher
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise. K'naan
Some experts believe that somebody is deceiving WikiLeaks, that its reputation is being undermined in order for it to be used for political purposes. Vladimir Putin
I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend. L'Wren Scott
If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem. I.F. Stone