Marshall McLuhan Quotes

I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.

Marshall McLuhan

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• The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Life
  • American
  • Rest

• I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Art
  • Nature
  • Economics

• I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • Home
  • Wine
  • Lunch

• I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Love
  • Road
  • Husband

• There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Mission
  • Statement
  • Toast

• The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Challenges
  • Leader
  • Manager

• I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Proud
  • Excited
  • Individuals

• One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

  

  M. Ward
  • Time
  • Great
  • Music

• And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • Government
  • Security
  • How

• I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • Believe
  • Politics
  • Any

• One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Music
  • Just
  • Ready

• I think if we give kids a break in education, we would have fewer crimes being committed. If we keep them on track, they know that they have options. It's important for me because, you know, my life would've been different had I not had the education that I had.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Life
  • Different
  • Important

• A lot of people ask: 'Will you play a psycho to really change your image and prove you can act?' But that's not what I'm about.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • You
  • Change

• Before 1959, some Americans saw Cuba as something to exploit, ignored poverty, enabled corruption. And since 1959, we’ve been shadow-boxers in this battle of geopolitics and personalities. I know the history, but I refuse to be trapped by it.

  

  Barack Obama
  • History
  • Poverty
  • Shadow

• They had this movie called Juno about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and it's nominated for an Oscar. That's an unusual experience for me, 'cause when a black girl gets pregnant it ain't no Oscar. It's social work and a box of condoms is what that is.

  

  D. L. Hughley
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Movie

• It was no fancy, he had named the nameOf love, and at that thought her cheek grew flame:

  

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

• My pen knows what to do. I close my eyes and I see this girl who glows. A girl who radiates. When she smiles, she beams. She warms my heart. I open my eyes with a feeling of floating past all the garbage around me. I will emerge unscathed because I will not endeavor to hide myself from whatever is coming. Bring on the worst. I welcome it with open arms.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Heart
  • She
  • Past

• She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)

  

  Smokey Robinson
  • She
  • Bad
  • Free

• I honestly don't know how many pairs of shoes I have - about 100 in use. It sounds so bad. I splurge when I work hard.

  

  Ashley Leggat
  • Work
  • Bad
  • Shoes

• The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.

  

  Martin O'Malley
  • Women
  • American
  • Progress

• Everywhere I go, there are all these Big Star freaks, and they’re nice little guys who are usually in college, and they’re kind of lonely and misunderstood, learning to play guitar.

  

  Alex Chilton Big Star
  • College
  • Nice
  • Learning

• I'm thinking waiters and waitresses are going to be bracing for more customers coming in going, not just kind of where is that beef from, but, like, where is that vanilla from and what's up with that sunflower oil? Is it organic or not and how many pesticides?

  

  Michael Moss
  • Customers
  • Sunflower
  • Pesticides

• I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Real
  • Character
  • Interesting

• I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.

  

  Marshall McLuhan