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

Quote by E B White

Topics: Grammar Quotes

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

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...

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

I die a little inside every time I see an old person alone at a...

I die a little inside every time I see an old person alone at a...

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and...