Generates Greater Quotes by John McCarthy

More Quotes by John McCarthy

John McCarthy has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
• When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.
• With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
• A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.
• Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.
• If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.
• Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.
• Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise…
• Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.
• Language is froth on the surface of thought.
• Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.
• Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

See all 42 quotes by John McCarthy »