E. B. White
E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1899
CountryUnited States of America
Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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.
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.
Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.
The parties believe this announcement has become necessary at this stage due to a significant prospect that the confidential merger discussions have become known to some outside parties.
This recovery we're in is gradual. We're seeing a real measured pace of absorption, rent appreciation and vacancy decline.
The phone call inspired them to give a brilliant performance at the Battle of the Bands. It was just overwhelming.
There are a number of companies out there that are asking themselves, 'How do I get from where I am now to where I want to be in terms of VPP?'
There are also a couple others that are still hanging out there, where decisions haven't been weighed on,
When you get low on supplies, how do you extend it? Add ethanol,
When you have 2,100 songs in it, you might as well hook it up to your sound system.
The previous worst hurricane season was in 2004. We raised $135 million then. With Hurricane Katrina, thanks to the incredible support of the American public, we raised $2.116 billion, and we have spent 90 percent of that. Who was ready for 600,000 people who had no place to go?
The players in this program are just amazing people. Now, we've got to continue to go out and play and believe in one another.