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
Very often the real world is a nasty, cruel and unjust place. It's more fun to make up a proper world for oneself.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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It's only a matter of time. He'll have plenty of 40-plus yards runs on the record by the end of the year. I know he's anxious to get some, and he will. It's a function of persistence, holding to the integrity of the landmarks, trusting your speed, and maybe somebody holding a block downfield for a split second longer. It will happen.
That's a bit of fun but then I shall put in the hard work. Under pressure it's become a struggle and that's something I shall have to sort out.
It's funny how the worst of times brings on the best of times,
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.
Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects humor as a contaminating element wherever found. America is a nation of comics and comedians; nevertheless, humor has no stature and is accepted only after the death of the perpetrator.
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
They started cracking jokes, and I said: 'Ain't nothing funny when I have to work the next day.'
As long as this economic environment stays intact, the market can grind its way North. You pay a lot of attention to valuation and you have to keep your eye on the long term. If you have funds that you need in the short term, I think you probably need to take some money off the table.