Joseph Wood Krutch
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"Joseph Wood Krutch" (pronounced krootch) (November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970) was an United States/American writer, critic, and naturalist.

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People who are making us do additional work are liable for the cost. Rather than burdening the entire population with the work caused by a few, it makes a few accountable for the cost.

I welcome anyone who is interested in running. Let the people choose, and may the best person win.

Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.

Perhaps we are wiser, less foolish and more far-seeing than we were two hundred years ago. But we are still imperfect in all these things, and since the turn of the century it has been remarked that neither wisdom nor virtue have increased as rapidly as the need for both.

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.

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away.

We want to look at how they're operating, if they should be operating at those locations or developing the parcels for facilities and utilities.

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

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

He also doesn't always act in a proper manner at City Council meetings, ... I think the mayor's office should take a little different direction.

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other "modern means of communication" can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

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.

Overall, there has been a groundswell of improvements in the nine years I've been here. We've seen property snatched up by investors, improved and then sold.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

It's without a doubt the worst visual spot in town. We don't always get complaints from those areas. You've got folks whose property is in the same condition as the people across the street.

In the late '90s, lots of other people had entered the business and it got crowded. As the new team came on board, we asked how do we compete differently in this marketplace?

I thought it had gotten better, but in the last few weeks there have been more incidents.

I had intended to serve one more term as mayor pro-tem, then retire from public service and move out to my farm in the county, ... But over the weekend I decided it would be better for Gray for me to spend this last four years as mayor. If I stayed as mayor pro-tem, it would be like I was condoning the way Mayor Briley is doing things, and I don't.