English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. E. B. White educationenglishjudgment Change image and share on social
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. E. B. White luckmakeman Change image and share on social
The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. E. B. White acceptanceadjustmentage Change image and share on social
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. E. B. White acquaintbylawclub Change image and share on social
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B. White brightfeelfuture Change image and share on social
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens. E. B. White chickendiscourageliterature Change image and share on social
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. E. B. White criticcurtainfall Change image and share on social
