Famous Quotes / Elwyn Brooks White
34 Quotations by Elwyn Brooks White
- 21. Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and ...
- 22. Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhe ...
- 23. The complaint about modern steel furniture, modern glass houses, modern red bars and modern streamli ...
- 24. The liberal holds that he is true to the republic when he is true to himself. (It may not be as cozy ...
- 25. The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having create ...
- 26. The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has alway ...
- 27. The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredi ...
- 28. The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to ...
- 29. The total collapse of the public opinion polls shows that this country is in good health. A country ...
- 30. The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
- 31. There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his u ...
- 32. There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
- 33. Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
- 34. You have been my friends, replied Charlotte, that in itself is a tremendous thing...