E.b. White Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old E.b. White quotes, E.b. White sayings, and E.b. White proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything. E.B. White
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgement, and education. Sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. E.B. White
I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking. E.B. White
If a man is foolish enough to reveal his thoughts, the least he can do is conceal his whereabouts. E.B. White
The thing we find hard to understand about supremacy is why, if it is right for America, it isn't right for every other nation. E.B. White
A school child should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases. E.B. White
Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place. E.B. White
In photography, the goal seems to be to prove beyond a doubt that the cameraman, in his great moment of creation, was either hanging by his heels from the rafters or was wedged under the floor with his lens at a knothole. E.B. White
The sound of the sea is the most time-effacing sound there is. The centuries reroll in a cloud and the earth becomes green again when you listen, with eyes shut, to the sea. E.B. White
When we slid the body into the grave, we both were shaken to the core. The loss we felt was not the loss of ham but the loss of pig. E.B. White
Democracy is the hole in the stuffed shirt through which the sawdust slowly trickles. E.B. White
If a man is foolish enough to reveal his thoughts the least he can do is conceal his whereabouts. E.B. White
At this season the sparrows are particularly conspicuous because they are in love—and love addles any creature and makes him noisy. E.B. White