John McCarthy

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

— John McCarthy

#doomed #nonsense #refuses #talk #who

His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web. ↗

— John McCarthy

#his #spider #web #wide #world

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

— John McCarthy

#attitude #his #need #pay #pay attention

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

— John McCarthy

#i #live #out #owned #rent

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#because #bread #cannot #consequence #fights

Language is froth on the surface of thought. ↗

— John McCarthy

#language #surface #thought

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

— John McCarthy

#attending #energy #hobby #meetings #more

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

— John McCarthy

#sucker #you

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

— John McCarthy

#explains #more #never #something #theory

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. ↗

— John McCarthy

#advance #blame #countries #course #failure