#eve

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. ↗

— John McCarthy

#been #closely #desire #history #human

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

— John McCarthy

#levels #made #misquotation #more #say

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats. ↗

— John McCarthy

#bureaucrats #even #even worse #often #professional

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

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. ↗

— John McCarthy

#convince #however #rally #rarely #side

When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#atlantic #been #buy #crosses #europeans

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#every #eye #keyhole #pasted #which

Every word she writes is a lie, including and and the. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#including #lie #she #word #writes

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#everyone #feel #i #i think #interested

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#dictated #ethical #even #honorable #military