Elwyn Brooks White Quotes 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. Acceptance Age Atom Man New Power Speed Terror Violence
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
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. Elwyn Brooks White
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days. Elwyn Brooks White
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people. Elwyn Brooks White
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
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. Elwyn Brooks White
Our trials and our times of pain get the most recognition, but 'Straight Outta Compton' speaks to triumph. When it's doubtful, when nobody is on your side, when your back is against the wall, you triumph and make it through. Showing growth through movies promotes growth. O'Shea Jackson Jr
A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. Vladimir Putin
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. B. B King
I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions. L'Wren Scott
I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' 'til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house. B. B King