#iv

A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest. ↗

— John McCarthy

#experiences #institution #often #survival

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

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

We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#day to day #hero #in other words #live #other

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

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. ↗

— John McCarthy

#may #shelf #short #suicidal #terrorists

I don't live in D.C. I keep an air mattress in my office. ↗

— Kevin McCarthy

#i #keep #live #mattress #office

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#ape #behavior #being #conscious #human

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. ↗