American - Writer | July 11, 1899 - October 1, 1985
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
E. B. White
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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Be obscure clearly.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
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