John McCarthy > Quotes

“An atheist doesn't have to be someone who thinks he has a proof that there can't be a god. He only has to be someone who believes that the evidence on the God question is at a similar level to the evidence on the werewolf question.”
― John McCarthy

“He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.”
― John McCarthy

“When there’s a will to fail, obstacles can be found.”
― John McCarthy

“We understand human mental processes only slightly better than a fish understands swimming.”
― John McCarthy

“... as soon as it works, no one calls it AI anymore.”
― John McCarthy

“You don’t get to choose the value of what you do in others’ eyes, so you have to take stock in knowing that doing the right thing is enough, no matter who notices.”
― John McCarthy, Lets Get It On

“All travel is, after all, a journey in time & in mind.... physical landscapes are a mirror of, or perhaps a key into, our inner landscape.”
― John McCarthy, Between Extremes

“Once an employee’s monetary needs are met, the motivational value of money dramatically decreases; other intrinsic motivators (purpose-driven work, opportunity to grow skills, work/life balance, etc.) significantly increase.”
― John McCarthy, The Purpose Promise: How to Find Purpose and Joy in Your Work

“Who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense - from "Progress and it's Sustainability”
― John McCarthy

“How then to have our faith increased? Only by thinking of all that Jesus is and all He is for us: His life, His death, His work, He Himself as revealed to us in the Word, to be the subject of our constant thoughts. Not a striving to have faith…but a looking off to the Faithful One, seems all we need; a resting in the Loved One entirely, for time and for eternity.”
― John McCarthy