Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time

Quote by E B White

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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...

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...

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

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

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

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

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

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 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...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

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

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

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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...

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...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

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...

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...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...