An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

Quote by E B White

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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...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

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...

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...

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

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

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.