Marshall McLuhan Quotes

The artists of our culture, 'the antennae of the race,' had tuned in to the new ground and begun exploring discontinuity and simultaneity.

Marshall McLuhan

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• There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Life
  • Amazing
  • Cool

• Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Mind
  • Children
  • Wonder

• Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

  

  Camille Pissarro
  • Nature
  • Risk
  • Mistakes

• In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Small
  • College

• Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Financial
  • Divorce

• I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Important
  • Job
  • Hair

• It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • New
  • New York
  • Flying

• Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Rock

• Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Guy
  • You
  • Follow

• In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.

  

  Ferdinand Foch
  • You
  • Yourself
  • Find

• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Wisdom
  • Mistake
  • Enemy

• I pity Americans for their very bad fruits. Your 'mango' is cucumber. The only thing I really miss about Egypt is mangoes.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • Bad
  • Very
  • Egypt

• I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Movie
  • Roles
  • Fit

• I knew 'Bad Girls' attracts a younger audience, and it's vital to get oneself known to that audience because, unless they watch me in re-runs on 'U.K. Gold,' they won't know me from a hole in the ground.

  

  Kate O'Mara
  • Bad
  • Know
  • Audience

• Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

  

  Beau Bridges
  • Work
  • Friends
  • Run

• There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • People
  • Country
  • Girl

• As a runner on a film, you are the lowest of the low, and yet you have incredible access to everyone. I can totally imagine that for actors in the middle of a Hollywood bubble, all they really want is a sense of normality, and that gopher can be a tap for that.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
  • Want
  • Everyone
  • Bubble

• I really enjoy watching TV; it offers an amazing window, and its an incredible way of presenting history to young people in particular.

  

  Kate Williams
  • People
  • History
  • Amazing

• (My father) he would be surprised to know he was still popular today, ... He told me, when he was quitting the Marx Brothers, that their kind of comedy was old-fashioned.

  

  Arthur Marx
  • Father
  • Comedy
  • Popular

• The prayer of one who does not consider himself a sinner is not accepted by the Lord.

  

  Isaac of Nineveh
  • Prayer
  • Accepted
  • Sinner

• God is so good.

  

  Phil Humber
  • Good
  • God

• In short, the books that were of paramount importance in early Christianity were for the most part read out loud by those who were able to read, so that the illiterate could hear, understand, and even study them. Despite the fact that early Christianity was by and large made up of illiterate believers, it was a highly literary religion.

  

  Bart Ehrman
  • Study
  • Read
  • Christianity

• For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a "Reserved" sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • My Heart
  • Restaurant
  • Despite

• The artists of our culture, 'the antennae of the race,' had tuned in to the new ground and begun exploring discontinuity and simultaneity.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Culture