The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.E.B. White: One Man's Meat
Democracy
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.E.B. White
Food and Eating
MOTHER: It's broccoli, dear. CHILD: I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.E.B. White
Holidays
To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year.E.B. White: The Second Tree from the Corner
Luck
Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.E.B. White: One Man's Meat
Poetry and Poets
A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.E.B. White: One Man's Meat
