1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

She would write 8 or 10 words, then draw her gun and shoot them down.

We were operating with two (of three) runways after this crash, and that added to the slowdown.

You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing.

It's a part of the game you don't want to see. You're around people who are good guys and have put a lot of effort into it and to come out here and they're missing, it shocks you. It's also a relief because you see everybody that's going to be on the team, that's going to be your teammates, you get to learn from them.

That's the other guy, ... I'm more of a shut-r-down kind of guy.

People are starting to see the value of a natural, free flowing water body as a part of our communities.

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.

That's been one of the knocks on me, ... that people think I'm not strong. So that's one of the things I want to work on in my last year.