E. B. White Quotes

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E. B. White Quotes

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.

You're terrific as far as I am concerned.

Writing is both mask and unveiling.

When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.

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

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

Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.

Only a congenially self-centred person has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

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

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

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.

Loneliness is a strange gift.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.

To achieve style, begin by affecting none.

I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.

The best writing is rewriting.

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.

Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.

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

Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.

I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

Use the smallest word that does the job.

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

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

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

Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

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If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
You're terrific as far as I am concerned.
Writing is both mask and unveiling.
When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor.
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
Only a congenially self-centred person has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
Loneliness is a strange gift.
All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
The best writing is rewriting.
No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
Use the smallest word that does the job.
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.