Quote by John McCarthy
In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot h

In human history, the desire for revenge and the desire for loot have often been closely associated. – John McCarthy

Other quotes by John McCarthy

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries failure to advance. – John McCarthy

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Failure
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It is said that man doesnt 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

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alone
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The slogan was Dont trust anyone over thirty. Sixty years later the slogan became, Dont trust anyone over ninety. – John McCarthy

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Trust
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Other Quotes from
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History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. – Ronald Reagan

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History

History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences

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History

Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in a nation so haunted by history. – Terry Eagleton

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History

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. – Dante Alighieri

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History

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Let me fly, let me see things that are hidden from other eyes. – Sonya Hartnett

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Perspective

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. – Vita Sackville-West, Country Notes

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Country

Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light. – Paul Davies

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Computers