John McCarthy Quotes
44 John McCarthy quotes:
"If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments."
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"Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance."
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"With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish."
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"Hard distinctions make bad philosophy."
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"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice."
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"I think this is good if there ever came to be a severe case that could danger a student or faculty member."
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"Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats."
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"Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives."
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"Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm."
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"The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement."
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"He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
German Director Quotes
Nonsense Quotes
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"There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them."
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"Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor."
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"You don't want to examine the basis of your computer's morality any more than you want to see sausage being made."
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"There is no question that it has gotten worse. There is no question that parents have become much more vocal."
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"The gentlemen of the press smell blood."
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"Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money."
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"Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf."
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"When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace."
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"Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig."
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