John McCarthy Quotes

Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere.

John McCarthy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleSameSouthernDrinksNoticed

I got a pit bull from a shelter, so my whole life is centered on this dog, and I've been writing a lot of dog jokes. I should probably give up now, because I'm writing jokes about my dog.

Joe Mande

LifeDogWritingNowBullJokes

One of the worries about a presidency is that everybody tells you yes. Nobody helps you figure out where your blind spots are.

John Dickerson

BlindYouNobodyYesOutPresidency

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

John Kendrick Bangs

ReignDidPoured

I always followed my own path.

Ann Demeulemeester

PathMy OwnAlwaysOwnFollowed

The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.

Michael Fish

WeatherInfluenceWorldStreamOver

My family is everything. I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister... because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.

Ronaldinho

FamilyEducationFatherMotherI Am

I think Yandex is something in between two different cultures. One originated from the old Soviet culture of the scientific institute. It was a free atmosphere of scientists, maybe too free because nobody cared about making money. Another origin is something close to what you usually see in California startups.

Arkady Volozh

CultureMoneyFreeThinkYouNobody

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.

William Thomas Green Morton

HistoryManTalentEthicsFlaws

Science fiction was one of those places, particularly during the McCarthy era, where you could write whatever you wanted because it was beneath contempt. They didn't bother censoring it.

William Gibson

ScienceYouPlacesScience Fiction

It trips me out when I hear people say, 'Well, I don't see color.' You see color. Now, how you respond and how you handle the situation once you've seen and noticed color is different.

Shannon Sharpe

PeopleMeColorYouSituationSay

They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves.

Nikita Khrushchev

TeaAttentionSayPayLittleRead

Compromise on ethical conduct is not an option.

Rex Tillerson

CompromiseEthicalConductOption

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