John McCarthy

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#benevolence #benevolent #either #enough #few

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. ↗

— John McCarthy

#bureaucrats #even #even worse #often #professional

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

— John McCarthy

#knowledge #marxism #misspent #sign #youth

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

— John McCarthy

#believes #even #extreme #his #humanity

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

— John McCarthy

#book #butcher #critic #favorite #his

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists. ↗

— John McCarthy

#better #both #face #honesty #humanity

Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. ↗

— John McCarthy

#committing #fired #generates #genocide #getting

Compassion is contempt with a human face. ↗

— John McCarthy

#contempt #face #human #human face

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#any #anyone #ayn #ayn rand #concentrating

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#drinks #hardly #hemisphere #northern #noticed