John McCarthy Quotes (85 Quotes)

Time after time, when we needed help to provide adequate quarters for sick or homeless people . . . Milton stepped forward and provided for every need, ... His business was inexpensive furniture. What we needed was inexpensive furniture. He would always provide it.

The economic growth of India at seven per cent range is very positive. We want to be part of it.

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

It's kind of in line with what we've seen over the past few weeks, in that positive data is ignored by the market. There is a lot of interest to sell dollars.

My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

The Fed is data dependent. It's very difficult to say they are done raising rates.

Thanks to college admissions counselors, students know that if their school offers the most rigorous courses, they need and want to take them.

My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker.

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different.

Good Japanese data pushed dollaryen down, and euroyen tipped down from around 139 yen,

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.

An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.

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

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.

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.

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

This is not the first time my views on some topic have inspired in someone the desire to psychoanalyze me. Previous experience leads me to ask about your couch. Is it comfortable Are its springs in good shape

I hope you pursue this to the last dot so there will be no surprises down the line.

The squabbles among linguists remind me of a saying of my mother-in-law, a retired farmer's wife.When the chickens start cannibalizing one another, the only thing to do is to butcher the lot or sell them to someone else and start over.

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

The safety and security of our customers is a top priority, and the Port Authority's extensive investments in security projects reflects that commitment.

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

In this book masculine pronouns embrace not only the feminine but also the robotic.

You don't want to examine the basis of your computer's morality any more than you want to see sausage being made.

The data wasn't necessarily bad. It just assisted the bit of dollar selling that's been going on that originated last night.

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated.

The gentlemen of the press smell blood.

The Republican majority in 1994 was a coalition of the workers and the bosses against the others.

Inside of many liberals is a fascist struggling to get out.

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

Towards the end of January, beginning of February, we saw a remarkable, a large surge in the thefts, to the point where it's about three or four times weekly.

Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions.

Today we are just recovering from the major dollar rally of last week. We could see one more dollar spike up before the trade figures on Wednesday, which will underscore the issues affecting the dollar.

When I hear the word Heidegger I reach for my axe. He may have swiped it.

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.

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

Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.

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

If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.

It's the first of its kind in the nation, and it's a technology that allows the eyes and the ears of the facility to be coordinated in one place so police and rescue personnel can respond immediately. It's like a digital security net.

There is no question that it has gotten worse. There is no question that parents have become much more vocal.

He divides up this subject the way a Chinese cook divides up a duck.

The SCLC draft has a whole mile of good intentions.

What's the tolerance in the market This market hasn't seen a 33 to 37 a square-foot rent market since the 1980s. It doesn't mean it couldn't be again, but that's what those guys (would-be buyers) are betting on,

If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell.

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.

Interest rate is the driving factor at the moment. Anything that suggests that growth is robust and people are concerned about inflation...the general feeling is the Fed will still be very vigilant with regard to rates.

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

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 Southern Hemisphere.

I think this is good if there ever came to be a severe case that could danger a student or faculty member.