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John McCarthy

"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice."

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"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice."

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"Never say never or it becomes a vice, and there you have it, you just did it twice."

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"If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice."

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"As far as we were concerned, we were operators, we were administrators. I don't ever recall going to Dean Acheson and asking for any counsel or advice on administration, but I had the greatest respect for him, as I have today."

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"O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!"

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"As far as advice, that will be in my next book, my next collection. I certainly never like to instruct anyone, but just say as I feel. That's the same as advice, isn't it?"

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"It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted."

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"Always be careful of where you run to. When the going gets tough, take it easy and slow down, else you venture into the den of lions."

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"I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."

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"My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things."

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"Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least."

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"Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists."
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"In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated."
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"There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them."
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"Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money."
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"Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig."
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"If I owned Marseilles and Hell, I'd rent out Marseilles and live in Hell."
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"A declining institution often experiences survival of the unfittest."
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"The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'."
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"His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web."
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"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."
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