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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. 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
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
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. 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
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. Elwyn Brooks White
You always have to think in a new modern way, and you always have to push yourself in fashion because it's a big treadmill. You can't really get off it. You just have to move a little faster. L'Wren Scott
I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over. W. Averell Harriman
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. Alan Alexander Milne