1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

A breezy style is often the work of an egocentric, the person who imagines that everything that pops into his head is of general interest and that uninhibited prose creates high spirits and carries the day.

We've had cases where we talked to people for six months, and we've had cases where we talked to people for 10 minutes. It's up to them.

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

I think what it can do for you is center you on the values your team has and make sure you appreciate and honor those values - and consistently honor them,

Downtown, and elsewhere, as well as annexation opportunities, especially along the I-85 corridor, that's been very powerful for the city's revenue base.

This is believed to be the first time that criminal charges have been brought against national exchange members,

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects humor as a contaminating element wherever found. America is a nation of comics and comedians; nevertheless, humor has no stature and is accepted only after the death of the perpetrator.

I am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear. Nothing lately has unsettled my party and raised my fears as much as your editorial, on Thanksgiving Day, suggesting that employees should be required to state their beliefs in order to hold their jobs. The idea is inconsistent with our constitutional theory and has been stubbornly opposed by watchful men since the early days of the Republic.