Quotes by : E. B. White

Humour plays close to the big hot fire which is the truth and the reader feels the heat.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This....

Humour can be dissected as a frog can but the thing dies in the process.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

If the world were merely seductive that would be easy. If it were merely challenging that would be....

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man write....

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.