I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Quote by E B White

Topics: Good Morning Quotes, Life Quotes

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...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 a whole one

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

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 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,...

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...