#mm

If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#decision #going #immediately #make #realistic

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create. ↗

— David McCallum

#conformity #create #creative #creative energy #drain

Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#dean #fell #had #jimmy #off

Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. ↗

— John McCarthy

#committing #fired #generates #genocide #getting

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#america #american #american movies #demonstrates #europe

I don't ever try to make a serious social comment. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#ever #i #make #serious #social

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' ↗

— Paul McCartney

#down #huge #i #john #literally

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#believe #beyond #feel #gone #i

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#commercially #good #good sign #hear #heard

It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to spend my life being angry. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#angry #being #crap #i #immoral