Marshall McLuhan Quotes
When we put our central nervous system outside us we returned to the primal nomadic state.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.
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Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.
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The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.
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The best jokes resonate because they uncover ridiculousness in our daily lives, reveal the silliness - and sometimes sadness - of things we see every day.
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I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whether or not we drill in the Gulf, or in Alaska, we will continue to wring the last out of anyplace else.
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When I first played '1234' it was on stage in San Francisco at some kind of, like, sticky-floored club. And it felt like a punk song. I mean it's ridiculous to say that now, but it had that kind of, like, piercing straight melody. And then this fist-pumping ending, you know that pa-dap-pada.
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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Sometimes it's hard for me to express my emotions on a conscious level, to directly say my emotions.
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There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.
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On 3 things in his bucket list: On my bucket list... Uhm, the question is totally catching me by surprise. Some more travel, spending quality time with my family and just getting the most I can out of my wife and daughter.
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The meaning of secrecy is very different when the model of love is one of transparency. So to understand the politics of secrecy and revelation, you need to understand the larger culture in which the couple lives and also the culture of the couple itself. What does intimacy mean to them? Where does the couple draw the line between togetherness and separateness? That's what informs you. You always ask, "What would happen if I tell? What would happen if I don't tell?" Sometimes, the partner doesn't want to know.
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When we put our central nervous system outside us we returned to the primal nomadic state.
