John McCarthy
John McCarthy
excessive knowledge marxism misspent
An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.
intelligence
Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.
wide
His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.
asking butcher critic name
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.
attention attitude pay
If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments.
Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.
hear reach word
When I hear the word Heidegger I reach for my axe. He may have swiped it.
absolve failure ills leaders love third
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.
believes extreme optimist
An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.
dismal dollar numbers people produced short slightly taking
The numbers produced a slightly firmer dollar: they weren't dismal and as a consequence people are taking back some of their short dollar positions.
rarely slogans troops
Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.
riots soccer
Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions.
Language is froth on the surface of thought.