70 Quotes by John McCarthy

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.

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

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

The SCLC draft has a whole mile of good intentions.

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

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.

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.

There is no way in the world these matters should be continued more than a year,

It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.