To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.


W. E. B. Du Bois

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Computing machines perhaps can do the work of a dozen ordinary men, but there is no machine that can...
E. B. WHITE
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond...
E. B. WHITE
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving he can outw...
E. B. WHITE
I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens
E. B. WHITE
Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one
E. B. WHITE
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of t...
E. B. WHITE
It should restate and clarify the social dilemma and the political pickle. Once in a while it does, ...
E. B. WHITE
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of ...
E. B. WHITE
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind
E. B. WHITE
To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.
E. B. WHITE
Oh, I never look under the hood.
E. B. WHITE
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is...
E. B. WHITE
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer l...
E. B. WHITE
Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sens...
E. B. WHITE
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.
E. B. WHITE
The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all...
E. B. WHITE
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
E. W. HOWE
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees th...
E. W. HOWE
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertisi...
E. W. HOWE
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums wo...
E. W. HOWE
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
E. W. HOWE
Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
E. W. HOWE
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
E. W. HOWE
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
E. W. HOWE
Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found t...
E. W. HOWE
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling i...
E. W. HOWE
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
E. W. HOWE
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which d...
E. W. HOWE
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
E. W. HOWE
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
E. W. HOWE
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
E. W. HOWE
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
E. W. HOWE
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
E. W. HOWE
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will hav...
E. W. HOWE
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
E. W. HOWE
A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
E. W. HOWE
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciat...
E. W. HOWE
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out hap...
W. E. CHANNING
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a s...
E. W. DIJKSTRA
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. DIJKSTRA
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult...
E. W. HOWE
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
E. W. HOWE
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
E. W. HOWE
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
E. W. HOWE
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up...
E. W. HOWE
A thief believes everybody steals.
E. W. HOWE
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
E. W. HOWE
There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
E. W. HOWE
The fathers of the field had been pretty confusing: John von Neumann speculated about computers and ...
E. W. DIJKSTRA
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offen...
E. W. DIJKSTRA
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposur...
E. W. DIJKSTRA
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
E. W. HOWE
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
E. W. HOWE
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at ...
E. W. HOWE