E. B. White Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
-
Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
-
It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
-
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
-
I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
-
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
-
With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
-
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
-
Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
-
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
-
I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
-
You don't fight ideas with bombs.
-
If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
-
I don't want to be someone else.
-
Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.
-
I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
-
I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
-
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-
I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
-
My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, 'Where's the fun? Where's the glamour?'
-
You don't have to work for Google, or any of the other firms encouraging staff to pursue personal projects on company time, to use slowness to unlock your creativity. Anyone can do it. Start by clearing space in your schedule for rest, daydreaming and serendipity. Take breaks away from your desk, especially when you get stuck on a problem.
-
Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves - that we are nice.
-
It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
