E. B. White Quotes

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

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• My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.

  

  Karolyn Grimes
  • Life
  • Age
  • Child

• Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Never
  • Economic
  • Been

• The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Mind
  • Thoughts
  • Direction

• I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Up
  • Character
  • Think

• And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.

  

  Laura Innes
  • People
  • Medicine
  • Personal

• I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Work
  • Always
  • Wanted

• Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • God
  • You
  • Reverence

• I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • People
  • Up
  • Family

• As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Experience
  • Small
  • Place

• If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

  

  Tamora Pierce
  • Men
  • Women
  • Culture

• Bad ballplayers make good managers.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Managers

• I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.

  

  Walter Hagen
  • Live
  • Like
  • Never

• If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Money
  • May
  • Strong

• I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • People
  • World
  • Cooking

• When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

  

  Larry Mullen, Jr. U2
  • Music
  • Business
  • Deep

• I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.

  

  Karin Fossum
  • Small
  • Community
  • City

• I say this all the time, but my hijab, it really is my crown, and it's something that I bring to the table. It's something that makes me unique. It shows the world who I truly am.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Time
  • World
  • Unique

• Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.

  

  Caleb Deschanel
  • Great
  • Right
  • Shine

• When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Man
  • Political
  • Building

• A million years went by quick.

  

  Carlton Fisk
  • Years
  • Million
  • Quick

• It's such a tremendous honor to redefine what is possible and inspire people. I just want to do that as long as possible.

  

  Victoria Arlen
  • People
  • Long
  • Honor

• I feel like there are instances and circumstances in your life that always change. You can think someone's your friend, and it could be out of convenience, or there was something in it for them, or whatever. And a year later, something happens and you really need help, or all of a sudden they have to stand up for you, and it could be inconvenient for them or not benefit them. And they don't have your back. And you're like, "Ok, that friendship was circumstantial. You were only my friend when it was easy." What's hard is you can't tell from the beginning.

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Life
  • Help
  • Change

• If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.

  

  David Robinson The Cars

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

  

  E. B. White
  • Long
  • Change
  • Run