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Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes
Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes
Joseph Wood Krutch
American
Environmentalist
Born:
Nov 25
,
1893
Died:
May 22
,
1970
Environmental
God
Only
People
Which
You
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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
Joseph Wood Krutch
You
Cats
Pet
Seem
Never
Principle
Does
Go
Any
Want
Ask
Harm
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
Environmental
God
People
Made
Destroy
Something
Developers
Irreplaceable
Mankind
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Inspirational
Knowledge
Ignorance
Mother
Wonder
Which
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Finance
You
Security
Without
How
How Much
Depends
Much
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
Good
Cats
Pet
Rather
Insomnia
Delicate
Never
Subject
Heard
Different
Who
Many
Creatures
Suffered
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.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Time
Nature
You
World
Lonely
Other
One Thing
Composed
Seems
Only
Self-Sufficient
Itself
Snow
Prefer
Whole
Thing
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
Time
Game
Losing
Through
True
True Meaning
Ceases
Begins
Trying
Any
After
Meaning
Show
Euphemism
Keep
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
God
Man
Destroys
He
Call
Him
Sportsman
Works
What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
Joseph Wood Krutch
War
Man
Everywhere
He
Knows
Wants
Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Life
Good
Loyalty
People
Grace
Impossible
Seriously
Few
Good Life
Some
Touched
Rational
Wished
Most
Without
Traditional
Passions
Affectionate
Few People
Form
Which
Ceremonial
Ceremonies
Ever
Desire
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
Guidance
Human Being
Sometimes
Easier
Head
Study
Institute
Than
Child
Brat
Human
Decent
Being
Turn
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