Marshall McLuhan Quotes
People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath. (p. 184)
Quotes to Explore
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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The sexism in Hollywood is not particularly overt - because the system is good at hiding it.
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I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.
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You can never get someplace physically until you've been there mentally.
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The morning, when I need to have opinions and answers across the board very quickly, is a constant fight between ease and inspiration, what will make our lives easier versus what will make us excited because we were ambitious.
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It's fun conjuring what people will be wearing in the future. We exist in this world today, and yet there are people walking around who still look like they're in the '60s.
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People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath. (p. 184)
