1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

Computing machines perhaps can do the work of a dozen ordinary men, but there is no machine that can do the work of one extraordinary man.

Are we now going to set a policy that says if God in his sovereignty gives someone a prayer language, we are now going to disqualify them? My concern is, who's next?

Now the family has the opportunity to move forward with the grieving process.

We can't get leases for three months, ... Landlords won't do that.

Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.

When it comes to Jasmine, I can't say enough about her. When she sees a zone, her eyes just light up.

And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. "Salutations!" said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. "Salu-what?" he cried. "Salutations!" repeated the voice. "What are they, and where are you?" screamed Wilbur. "Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?" "Salutations are greetings," said the voice. "When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.

People who would never buy otherwise decide they might as well get in the game.