Marshall McLuhan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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Growing up in Seattle, I had the opportunity to take classes since I was 7 years old. I did theatre. I auditioned for film, television, commercials, and built up not just a resume but also some confidence. I learned how to master my craft before arriving in Los Angeles.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.
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Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
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If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting?
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I think that argument is completely morally bankrupt, and I think people know that when they make it. There's a very big difference between having a sincere, passionate interest in a topic and being a paid shill … Particularly for PR firms, it's something they should really very strongly avoid: ever touching an article.
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In the last twenty-five years a change has come over the visual habits of Americans . . . From being a wordminded people we are becoming an eyeminded people.
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I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.
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In my view, only those who have had the courage to work through Lacan's anti-philosophy without faltering deserve to be called 'contemporary philosophers'.
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Cubism ('multi-locationalism') is one of the painterly forms of acoustic space.
