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John McAfee
15 quotes
“A good example is more irritating than a bad one.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a presentation in Munich, Jan 1991, in response to an audience question on why his competitors complained about his business practices.
“If you own the facts, you may distort them as you like.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To anti-virus researcher Pame Kane at the 1992 Computer Virus Conference in response to Kane’s assertion that McAfee’s virus scanner did not work.
“Ignorance and confidence are constant companions.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Into the Heart of Truth (2001)
“Disobedience is the vehicle of progress.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Explaining why he did not follow the normal rules of business to reporter Josh Quittner in 1992
“History is sympathetic to its authors.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Into the Heart of Truth (2001)
“If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anti-virus presentation, Sydney Australia, 1991, on the general trend away from virus scanning as a valid method of virus control.
“Opinions need a willing ear.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beyond the Sindhis (2002)
“If you have the winning cards, why cheat?”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Good Morning America (June 1991) when asked if he manipulated the results of his product’s virus detection percentage.
“Hope is paltry food for living.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Into the Heart of Truth (2001)
“Software production is unlike any other production that preceded it. No raw materials are required, no time is required, and no effort is required. You can make a million copies of a piece of software instantaneously for free. It's a totally new paradigm of production.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that it's when we step out of the road, step outside the box, become our own person and we walk fearlessly down paths other people wouldn't look at, that true progress comes. And sometimes true beauty as well.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BBC News: "John McAfee: Addict, coder, runaway" (11 October 2013)
“I am not implying that our entire Government is corrupt. I am saying that it is corrupt to the point that no-one is untouched by it.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on Twitter, 10 Jun 2019
“Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on Twitter, 1 December 2019
“Well, God is trisexual, number one. We all know that, I mean those of us who've taken heroin certainly know that. [...] Okay, male, female, and shemale. I mean, good God people, have you never watched fucking Pornhub!?”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on Painkiller Already, Episode 493, 30 May 2020
“I am content in here. I have friends. The food is good. All is well. Know that if I hang myself, a la , it will be no fault of mine.”
John McAfee (1945–2021) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: on Twitter, 16 October 2020