An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

Quote by E B White

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

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

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

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

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

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

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

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

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

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

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

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

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...