Quotes by Joseph Wood Krutch

“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”

“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.”

“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”

“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.”

“If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.”

“The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.”

“Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence”

“A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.”

“Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable”

“Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away”

“It is . . . sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.”

“Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.”

“Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. Its a losing game, but we keep on trying.”

“If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.”

“Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty”

“The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.”

“As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines”

“What man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants”

“Weve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.”

“The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.”