The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss-a drafty wench, her temperature up and down, full of bold promises and dust in the eye.

Quote by E B White

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Cities Quotes

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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 schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the...

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds....