The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people

Quote by E B White

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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

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

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

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

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

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

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely...

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.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them...

Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them...

Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families.

Patriotism is just loyalty to friends, people, families.