There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: politics countries agreement disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About E. B. White Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970).
More quotations from E. B. White Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: humor interest Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The trouble with the profit system has always been that it is highly unprofitable to most people. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: equality capitalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing — no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: beauty silence quiet convincing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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 More about this quote Tags: nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: humor interest Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it is highly unprofitable to most people. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: equality capitalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing — no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: beauty silence quiet convincing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “disagreement” You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own. —H. Jackson Brown, Jr. More about this quote Tags: opinion disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. —Terry Pratchett More about this quote Tags: snoring marriage disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: perspective preciousness universe disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If the solution to a problem of absolute disagreement extends to a call for bloodshed, then neither party has demonstrated the intelligence to formulate the question properly. —John Steinbeck More about this quote Tags: war wisdom intelligence disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own. —H. Jackson Brown, Jr. More about this quote Tags: opinion disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. —Terry Pratchett More about this quote Tags: snoring marriage disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: perspective preciousness universe disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If the solution to a problem of absolute disagreement extends to a call for bloodshed, then neither party has demonstrated the intelligence to formulate the question properly. —John Steinbeck More about this quote Tags: war wisdom intelligence disagreement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email