Elwyn Brooks White Quotes

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.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.

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.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

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.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way.

You can swim any way you like in the Dead Sea, actually.

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.

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