The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. E.B.White
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. E.B.White
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
All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days. E.B.White
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. E.B.White
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. 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
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. E.B.White
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. E.B.White
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. E.B.White
There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. E.B.White
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E.B.White
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. E.B.White
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. E.B.White
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. E. B. White Joy, Run, Laundry Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/e_b_white.html#BkZVLgqggKkifigO.99E.B.White
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. E.B.White