I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

More Quotes by E. B. White

Be obscure clearly.

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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.

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