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E. B. White Quotes

E. B. White quotes about people

American Writer July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

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A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book. E. B. White
Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book. E. B. White
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. E. B. White
The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation's pulse, you can't be sure that the nation hasn't just run up a flight of stairs, and although you can take a nation's blood pressure, you can't be sure that if you came back in twenty minutes you'd get the same reading. This is a damn fine thing. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of..."
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White
Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. The Fair Grounds were soon deserted. The sheds and buildings were empty and forlorn. The infield was littered with bottles and trash. Nobody, of the hundreds of people that had visited the Fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. No one was with her when she... E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "The world is full of people who have never, since childhood,..."
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are..."
Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are..."
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among..."
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was..."
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people. E. B. White

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