1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.

We wouldn't be discussing the merits of the Tour of California otherwise,

We were in trouble in the early going, having hit several balls out-of-bounds,

When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions.

This is a game tonight that we all thought that we should have. When we look at the film, there will be six or seven unbelievable things that keep happening. That kind of stuff happens to teams that don't have a lot of confidence. When things are going good, they are going good. Right now, they are not going good for us in any phase.

It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.

Our goal is to give our Incident Command Team the same communications support capabilities at the scene of an emergency as they would have in the office.

I started talking about writing a book in 1992. I was writing a lot, and I got an idea for a story in the middle of the night. I sat down and started writing dialogue.

To go from six in the world (ranking) to two in the world in the matter of 18 months is something that they can be proud of.