E.B. White Quotes

Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do that.

Keep the other person's well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.

Facebook just sounds like a drag, in my day seeing pictures of peoples vacations was considered a punishment

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

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

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution that we used to be.

I did not climb to the top of the food chain to eat carrots.

I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.

I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

There is no excitement anywhere in the world, short of war, to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.

Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

In Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it. That's right. If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back.

I don't do social events, I don't do award ceremonies, I don't do charity dinners. I live my life off-radar.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them.

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.

The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.

I get that you're scared and that you've been hurt. But doing what is easy and safe is no way to live, and a life without passion and love is so far beneath what you deserve.

Peace without justice is tyranny

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.

But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.

Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go.

People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life is when you lie.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books.

A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.

I add a smile to everything I wear and that has worked great for me.

God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color.

Secrets aren't secret. They're just hidden treasures, waiting to be exploited.

A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny.

We tend to Seek Happiness when Happiness is actually a Choice

The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit.

My faith graduated to a place called trust, that I know ultimately - ultimately, that God has good things for me.

A flower doesn't love you or hate you, it just exists.

The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.

Never underestimate the power of people who are determined to change life and work with all their might towards it. They are the ones who turn into leaders and revolutionize the world around us.