Marshall McLuhan Quotes
A fixed point of view becomes possible with print and ends the image as a plastic organism. (p. 144)
Quotes to Explore
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I have selective hearing.
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I cannot either change or do anything bad or good to the Syrian people and Syrian citizens.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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Hope is the raw material of losers.
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I have had bullets flying at concerts, but I don't want to talk about that.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
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I'm not a journalist. I have not gone to school for this.
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People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself as a communications medium.
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As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.
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We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
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For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.
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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
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I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.
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And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.
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A man is literally what he thinks.
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I was the worst teacher you have ever imagined - not that we did not have fun. We had a ton of fun. We just did not learn any scripture. I would think all week long what could I talk about on Sunday, and then I would scramble on Saturday to find some kind of scripture to go with it. This was my teaching.
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I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody.
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I loved the sound of the ocean, the breaking surf, the vastness, but still didn't feel terribly comfortable in it.
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A fixed point of view becomes possible with print and ends the image as a plastic organism. (p. 144)
