Quotes by Joseph Wood Krutch

Joseph Wood Krutch

American writer, critic, and naturalist

Lived from: 1893 - 1970

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary)

Born: 25 november 1893 Died: 22 may 1970

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  • Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
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  • The most serious charge that can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.
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  • What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.
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What are the most famous quotes from Joseph Wood Krutch?

The two most famous quotes from Joseph Wood Krutch are:

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

When did Joseph Wood Krutch live?

Joseph Wood Krutch was born in 1893 and died in the year 1970.