Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no government-subsidized commission of engineers and physicists could create a worm.

Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

Topics: Government Quotes

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a...

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one...

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you...

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments,...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

Electronic calculators can solve problems which the man who made them cannot solve; but no...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and...

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

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

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

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

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to...

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

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

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy...