E. B. White Quotes

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• Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

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  Beauty, Powerful, Creativity

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• A right is a responsibility in reverse.

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  Responsibility, Reverse

  E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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• I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

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  Life, Good Morning, Time

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.148, Cornell University Press

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

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  Time, Prejudice, Facts

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• Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.

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  Writing, Past, Life Is Like

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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.

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  Inspiring, Encouragement, Book

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• Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.

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  Believe, People, Trust Me

  "Fictional character: Charlotte". "Charlotte's Web", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• You're terrific as far as I am concerned.

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  Concerned, Terrific

  "Fictional character: Charlotte". "Charlotte's Web", www.imdb.com. 1973.

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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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  People, Childhood, Tolerance

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• Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.

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  Morning, Desire, World

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• I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.

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  Government, Earth, Management

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• Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.

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  Inspiring, Wind, Another Day

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.126, Cornell University Press

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• One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Enemy

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.199, Cornell University Press

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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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  Time, Nature, Fall

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• Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do.

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  Dog, Zebras, Book

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• Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

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  Work, Learning, Discipline

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• I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially.

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  Inspirational, Life, Nature

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• When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.

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  Adventure, Pajamas, Hours

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• Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.

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  People, Creative, Lucky

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

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  Country, Agreement, People

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• Use the smallest word that does the job.

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  Jobs, Writing, Doe

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• Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

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  Safety, Wells

  E. B. White (1973). “The Trumpet of the Swan”

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• Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth.... Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words and they backhand them across the net.

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  Children, Writing, Games

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• Never hurry and never worry!

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  Worry

  E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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• A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.

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  Cracks, May, Poet

  "One Man's Meat". Book by Elwyn Brooks White, 1942.

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