John McCarthy – Quotes Lover

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.

#John McCarthy

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

#John McCarthy

He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising.

#John McCarthy

When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising.

His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.

#John McCarthy

His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.

With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say...

#John McCarthy

With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say...

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

#John McCarthy

Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

#John McCarthy

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.

#John McCarthy

A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest.

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

#Information, #Intelligence

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World...

#John McCarthy

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World...

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by...

#John McCarthy

A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by...

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

#Ideology

Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather...

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

#Benevolence

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of...

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate...

#John McCarthy

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate...

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

#John McCarthy

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking.

#John McCarthy

Self-righteousness has killed more people than smoking.

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

#John McCarthy

An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

#John McCarthy

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.