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The Meaning of Life is in Simplicity
E. B. White was a prominent American writer who contributed to 'The New Yorker' magazine and co-authored the English language style guide 'The Elements of Style'. His works are known for their charm and clarity.
Writer | American
Born: 1899-07-11 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Died: October 1, 1985 in North Brooklin, Maine, USA
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.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
E. B. White
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
E. B. White
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
E. B. White
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E. B. White
Be obscure clearly.
E. B. White
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
E. B. White
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
E. B. White
Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
E. B. White
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E. B. White
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
E. B. White
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. 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.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
E. B. 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.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
E. B. White
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
E. B. 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.
E. B. White
The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
E. B. White
Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
E. B. White
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.
E. B. White