Blake Barton’s Reviews > Essays of E.B. White > Status Update

Paraphrasing this one: Some men are bound to make the world more convenient even if it means destroying it in the process.

“…fraudulence has become a national virtue and is well thought of in many circles.”

“Justice will find a home where there is a synthesis of liberty and unity in a framework of government.”

“All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.”

“I know, too, that on some not too distant night, somewhere in a pond or ditch or low place, a frog will awake, raise his voice high in praise, and be joined by others. I will feel a whole lot better when I hear the frogs.”

“Perhaps success in the future will depend partly on our ability to generate cheap power, but I think it will depend to a greater extent on our ability to resist a technological formula that is sterile: peas without pageantry, corn without coon, knowledge without wisdom, kitchens without a warm stove.”