John McCarthy
John McCarthy
levels statement
With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
force great movement peace people
The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement.
doomed refuses
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
elected forgetting harmful official promises society
There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.
among
Honor among thieves is the ancestor of all honor.
nature thugs
When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising.
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.
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.
mention
I mention this out of my customary helpfulness.