Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.

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• It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Today
  • Education

• I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

  

  Ed Gillespie
  • Today
  • Party
  • Problems

• If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Mother

• When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • Time
  • Why
  • Today

• It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Family
  • Today

• I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • People
  • Life
  • Done

• Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

  

  Earl Wilson
  • May
  • Today
  • Parents

• Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • Home
  • Today
  • Win

• You could be worth $2 billion today and a half a billion tomorrow. It doesn't take much for this to disappear overnight.

  

  Patrice Motsepe
  • Today
  • Tomorrow
  • Worth

• Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Children
  • Today
  • inspirational

• Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • Music
  • Money
  • True

• Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.

  

  B. Carroll Reece
  • Today
  • Energy
  • Youth

• There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

  

  Viktor Yushchenko
  • People
  • Today
  • Conflict

• Sometimes I wake up and think, 'I want to look like Sherlock Holmes today,' and other times I want to look like a witch from 'Macbeth.'

  

  Edie Campbell
  • Up
  • Think
  • Today

• If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

  

  Barry Mann
  • Song
  • Inspiration
  • Plumber

• The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Future
  • Today
  • Prepare

• There's no question that consumers are looking for value today.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • Today
  • Question
  • Value

• I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me.

  

  Gary Allan
  • Real
  • Today
  • Problem

• I have always prided myself on if, hypothetically, the entertainment industry just dissolved, just went away today, I feel that I have enough marketable skills that I could still contribute to society and make a difference. I'm a very good typist.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Good
  • Today
  • Society

• I started modeling when I was 13 or 14, I think.

  

  Lara Stone
  • Think
  • Started
  • Modeling

• When you're a young talent, and you want to launch your brand, you always have tons of questions: Where should I produce? Should I launch a second line? Should I do shoes, accessories? If you have someone who can coach you and give you advice and help you find the right supplier, it's a big help.

  

  Delphine Arnault
  • Help
  • Advice
  • Shoes

• I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Good
  • Job
  • Thought

• Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Today