All John McCarthy Quotes
- He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. Arithmetic
- When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. Build
- With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish. Any
- A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. Declining
- Hard distinctions make bad philosophy. Bad
- If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. Argument
- Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor. All
- Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the… Anyone
- Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. Convince
- Language is froth on the surface of thought. Froth
- Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig. Asking
- Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different. Boarding
- Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it. Becomes
- Compassion is contempt with a human face. Compassion
- In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. Associated
- Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. Lives
- Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. Abandon
- My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling. Attending
- His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web. Ambition
- Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out. Fascist