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

Quote by E B White

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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

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 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...

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

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

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

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...

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...

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

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

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

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

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

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.

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,...

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

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

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

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...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

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...

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...