Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Newton, and 'proper scientific method' after him, conducted attention to 'continuous description' of experimental phenomena instead of to causes.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
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I would say my career is in a very good place. I'm in a place of a lot of hope for what's next. I see something great, but I'm not quite there.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.
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I'm marriable. But I'm not married.
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I want to be regarded as the best guy in the world, and I want to beat the best guy in the world.
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You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!
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I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be.
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I didn't get a lot of attention from my dad when I was young. That's a big part of it for girls. Because your dad is the first love of your life. If he doesn't put you on his lap and give you a pet, you do end up not really liking yourself that much.
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You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.
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I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
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Newton, and 'proper scientific method' after him, conducted attention to 'continuous description' of experimental phenomena instead of to causes.
