E. B. White

“The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.”

“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.”

“I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.”

“A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.”

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

“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”

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

“Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.”

“The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.”

“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.”

“Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.”

“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 ar...”

“Be obscure clearly.”

“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.”

“English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.”

“One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.”

“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.”