E.B. White Quotes

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

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.

A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.

Lots of people have a rug. Very few have a pug.

I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

Democracy is itself a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

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

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.