John McCarthy Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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