“If you have the winning cards, why cheat?”

— John McAfee

Good Morning America (June 1991) when asked if he manipulated the results of his product’s virus detection percentage.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Nov. 13, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If you have the winning cards, why cheat?" by John McAfee?

John McAfee 13

American computer programmer and businessman 1945

Related quotes

“Rose, I cheat at cards and buy liquor for minors. But I would never, ever force you into something you don't want.”

Richelle Mead book Spirit Bound

Source: Spirit Bound

“How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.”

John Gay (1685–1732) English poet and playwright

Mrs. Peachum, Act I, sc. viii
The Beggar's Opera (1728)

“I never cheat. I practice Gamesmanship - the art of winning games without actually cheating.”

L.J. Smith The Forbidden Game

Source: The Forbidden Game

“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!”

Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena

Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Not yet placed by volume, chapter or section

“The theory and practice of gamesmanship; or, The art of winning games without actually cheating.”

Stephen Potter (1900–1969) British writer

Title of book (1947)

“I want to win, I want to win everything. If I have a chance to win, why not?”

Alexander Ovechkin (1985) Russian ice hockey player

Paul Hunter (June 12, 2008) "Ovechkin fashions himself a designer", The Toronto Star, p. S02.

“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“Yes! It is—n-no! Nooo! NOOOOO! Why would you have that happen?! That was a win! Ahhhhhhhh!”

TotalBiscuit (1984–2018) British game commentator

Hearthstone series, Too Many Traps 2 (April 25, 2014)

“The American people deserve a Congress that worries less about helping big banks, and more about helping regular people who have been cheated on mortgages, on credit cards, on student loans and on credit reports.”

Elizabeth Warren (1949) 28th United States Senator from Massachusetts

As quoted in "Sen. Elizabeth Warren slams Republicans: Worry less about helping big banks" by Eric W. Dolan, in Raw Story (12 March 2013) https://www.rawstory.com/2013/03/sen-elizabeth-warren-slams-republicans-worry-less-about-helping-big-banks/
2013

“If one political party believes "heads we win, tails you cheated," if one political party believes that when you lose an election, the answer isn't to win more votes, but rather to try to prevent the other side from voting, then we have serious and existential threats to our democracy on our hands.”

Chuck Schumer (1950) U.S. Senator from the State of New York

interview reported on March 20, 2021
Source: GOP warns HR 1 could be 'absolutely devastating for Republicans', Karson, Kendall and Meg Cunningham, 20 March 2021, abcnews.go.com, ABC News, 20 March 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-warns-hr-absolutely-devastating-republicans/story?id=76555647,

“If you have the winning cards, why cheat?”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

John McAfee 13

Related quotes

Related topics