E.B. White Quotes

I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.

I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.

A secret society exists, and is living among all of us. They are neither people nor animals, but something in-between.

If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.

A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.

I don’t care what colour you are, I don’t care what country you’re from; we’re all human beings and fighting’s in our DNA. We get it, and we like it.

Failure comes when we don't get back up and try again.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you're ugly.

I'm never gonna quit, cause quitting' just ain't my schtick.

I’m a big fan of doing what you are really bad at. A lot.

Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in Divine power-these are the true remedies.

I say you have to remember in darkness what he told you in light. And the principle is this that there are times that it does feel like God is playing hide and go seek. But I trust him.

Talents used are talents multiplied.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.

I find supermarkets fascinating places. It's extraordinary, you can buy anything there.

Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.

I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

Use the smallest word that does the job.

I asked her if I was black or white. She replied "You are a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!

I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.

Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way.

Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!

Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

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

I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills a niche it's seized on, even when it's a far from perfect fit...

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.

The most poisonous source in any kitchen is a chef's ego.

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

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.

Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the colors in the palette, that just kills creativity.