John McCarthy Quotes

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

John McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 19, 1857 - March 30, 1943

Topics

CompassionFaceHumanHuman Face

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

John Buford

MenPatriotismSacrificeI AmBrave

I represent nine sovereign Sioux tribes. In South Dakota, some of the tribes are in the most remote, rural areas of the country. They lack essential infrastructure. Some communities don't even have clean drinking water.

Stephanie Herseth

WaterCountryDrinking WaterClean

The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.

Tom Shadyac

TruthPeopleTruth IsNobodyOwn

More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own.

Jay Leno

ActionWonderCongressKnowNowOut

I'm willing to work with all parties to reform Indonesia.

Joko Widodo

WorkReformWillingIndonesia

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.

Chief Joseph

FatherEyesPeopleRestThanOur

I can say pretty confidently that I am not the right guy to do a superhero movie, just because I was not a comic book kid. I don't know that mythology, and I don't have it ingrained in me in the way that a lot of these other directors do.

Colin Trevorrow

I AmMeBookI CanKnowSay

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

Anthony Daniels

LifePerformanceBoringRealizeReal

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

William Weld

GovernmentNeverNobleWrongs

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Phaedrus

PatienceResultsBearEveryoneOwn

I actually feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm in better shape than I was when I was 30.

Tom Bergeron

BetterFeelShapeThanLotActually

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

Thomas Carlyle

GoodLanguageDevilSarcasmLong

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