I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority

Quote by E B White

Topics: FutureFuture Quotes, Nature Quotes

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...

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 a whole one

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

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

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

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 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.

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,...