Author: Joseph Wood Krutch

Quotes

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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

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

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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

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

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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

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

- Joseph Wood Krutch

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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.

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.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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