E. B. White

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy. ↗

— E. B. White

#day #gets #his #like #little

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days. ↗

— E. B. White

#bent #days #effect #ill #knowingly

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. ↗

— E. B. White

#education #english #getting #judgment #like

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members. ↗

— E. B. White

#club #easier #his #loyal #man

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. ↗

— E. B. White

#change #common #instinctively #long #long run

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. ↗

— E. B. White

#become #before #eighteen #father #teen years

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. ↗

— E. B. White

#debates #disarmament #imperative #knights #make

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ↗

— E. B. White

#among #countries #disagreement #likely #more

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. ↗

— E. B. White

#always #another #complicated #complicated things #get

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. ↗

— E. B. White

#absolutely #american #believes #else #himself