Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. E. B. White More Quotes by E. B. White More Quotes From E. B. White I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically and dictatorially. E. B. White nature inspirational life I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all. E. B. White admiration admire writing Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing. E. B. White change wisdom friendship It's hard to know when to respond to the seductiveness of the world and when to respond to its challenge. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. E. B. White seductive challenges morning Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. E. B. White democracies-have freedom white When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure. E. B. White pajamas hours adventure In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities. E. B. White age men years Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. E. B. White senior witty funny Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. E. B. White change dark clouds Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly. E. B. White bed pigs trying There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. E. B. White agreement country people I have noticed that most men when they enter a barber shop and must wait their turn, drop into a chair and pick up a magazine. I simply sit down and pick up the thread of my sea wanderings, which began more than fifty years ago and is not quite ended. There is hardly a waiting room in the east that has not served as my cockpit, whether I was waiting to board a train or to see a dentist. And I am usually still trimming sheets when the train starts or drill begins to whine. E. B. White waiting-rooms men years The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. E. B. White writing men thinking The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style - all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. E. B. White beginners simplicity style I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult. E. B. White determination success morning Oh, I never look under the hood. E. B. White hood looks Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them with words. Temperamentally we are ready to die for certain principles (or, in the case of overripe adults, send youngsters to die), but we show little inclination to advertise the reasons for dying. E. B. White adults political dying Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays E. B. White stamina self writing Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep. E. B. White awake periods half Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom. E. B. White seeds cutting
