1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with other people, and other thoughts, through books... Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had.

A writer should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.

The payoffs for choosing drama as a way to handle the events of your life are myriad. How about temporarily satisfying, long, go-nowhere conversations that serve to lower the intelligence level of all involved?

We had 17 turnovers in the first half, and like seven of them came in those three minutes. They did a good job of utilizing their press on non-ball handlers and converting.

A lot of people told me it got real quiet there. But it was chaos on the sidelines.

The Yankees are in many ways the Manchester United of baseball, ... And vice-versa. They dominate their sports completely at the moment.

There are buildings that some of your children are in that are older than Joe White. That's unacceptable, those buildings needs to be renovated.

Refiners are exhausted, like runners in midmarathon. They've been pushing very hard since last year. As a practical matter, these things have limits. If you push too hard, capacity drops.

In every queen there's a touch of floozy.