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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

#any #begins #ceases #euphemism #game

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

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#although #bird #both #cockroach #get

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

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#any #ask #cats #does #go

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

#ceremonial #ceremonies #desire #ever #exclusively

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. ↗

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#brought #charge #england #february #most

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

#cannot #decide #decisive #ever #explained

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

#call #destroys #god #him #man

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#ever #everything #i #me #parents

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#basketball team #fingers #fist #five #get

The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#commitment #inspired #life #me #mom