E. B. White Quotes

I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.

E. B. White

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1899 - October 1, 1985

Topics

MenManWritingPoliticalBornWay

My mom did this in the '90s. She'd put a bandana in her hair, cutoff jeans and throw flannel, and I just remember looking at her thinking she was the most beautiful supermodel ever.

Jessie James Decker

BeautifulMomHairLookingThinking

I don't pretend I know everything.

Jill Abramson

KnowEverythingPretend

I'm never funnier than when I'm heartbroken or terrified.

Melanie Scrofano

NeverHeartbrokenThanFunnier

He wasn't sure exactly which day, but what's noteworthy about that is that is also before Valerie Plame is first identified in the Robert Novak piece that ran on Monday, July 14.

Michael Isikoff

DayMondayFirstJulySurePiece

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction.

Sinead O'Connor

SeaSwimmingDirectionBlindActing

I thought I would be a guy on the radio.

Steven Wright

ThoughtRadioGuyWould

I'm going to start work on developing a series for HBO, because I'm naturally given to episodic stories of considerable length. And I won't have to listen to complaints about how wordy and long my work is if you can watch it on your telephone on the subway: You can make it conform to your day as if it were a book.

Tony Kushner

WorkDayStartBookLongYou

Every time I meet with the CEO of a big laptop company, they tell me they 'studied' my design.

Mary Lou Jepsen

TimeMeDesignMeetCompanyTell

I'm a big softie.

Jason Momoa

Big

They're making so few movies that you really just have to make it. It's going to be the only way you end up getting work. I don't believe anyone's going to really go out on a limb and just throw millions of dollars on someone that's not been proven. They're going to have to show somebody something at some point.

Dax Shepard

WorkBelieveEndSomeoneYouMovies

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

Claudia Schiffer

EnoughAcceptFortunateAlongMovie

I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.

Brett Favre

LifeTimeBestJobThoughtCare

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