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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

E. B. White
Funny, Senior, Witty

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

E. B. White
Funny, Witty, Humorous
E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.56, Cornell University Press

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

E. B. White
Funny, Humor, Literature
E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.

E. B. White
Funny, Running, Dog

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.

E. B. White
Funny, Spiritual, Men

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.

E. B. White
Funny, Inspiring, Mind
E. B. WHITE (1954). “The SECOND TREE from the CORNER”

I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash. It was like elephants holding tails. Imagine me undressing a nun, even second hand.

E. B. White
Funny, Dog, Hands
E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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