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When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman.
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.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.
Joseph Wood Krutch
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.
Joseph Wood Krutch
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Joseph Wood Krutch
If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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.
Joseph Wood Krutch
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.
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.
Joseph Wood Krutch
What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.
Joseph Wood Krutch
As machines get to be more and more like men, men will come to be more like machines.
Joseph Wood Krutch