Joseph Wood Krutch Quotes

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

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

The advertiser is the over rewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

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

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.

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.

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.