Marshall McLuhan Quotes

As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'

Marshall McLuhan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 21, 1911 - December 31, 1980

Topics

TechnologyAgeYourselfAutomation

I'm just a little energizer bunny. I just have a lot of energy.

Jessie James Decker

EnergyBunnyLittleJustLot

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

John C. Hawkes

WritingWantPersonalMoreFiction

I'm really just looking for an excuse to get in shape, so if someone could send me a role for a superhero movie, I'll get in shape, then you can just give it to someone else.

Anders Holm

MeLookingSomeoneYouShapeRole

People that are 40, they don't sit around at talk about gray hair and how it covers their hair. They talk about highlighting, of course they're covering gray, but they don't talk about it that way. They're going to get their colors because they need a little lightening.

Andie MacDowell

PeopleColorsHairWayTalkGray

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

Andre Breton

LifeLoveHeartNameMy LifeCannot

I want to take chances. I want to kind of step out of my comfort zone, whatever that may be.

Matt Hardy

StepComfort ZoneComfortWantKind

My doctor told me I shouldn't work out until I'm in better shape. I told him, 'All right; don't send me a bill until I pay you.'

Steven Wright

WorkMeDoctorBetterYouRight

I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.

Tommy Chong

SmokeNeverBigPotMuchDid

Entrepreneurs, because they need money, they are willing to share their crystal ball with someone like me. That's the best thing ever.

Ron Conway

BestMoneyMeSomeoneCrystalNeed

I may appear to be full of myself because I always want better.

Mohammed VI of Morocco

MyselfBetterWantAlwaysMayFull

The contrasting focus on connection versus hierarchy also sheds light on innumerable adult conversations - and frustrations. Say a woman tells another about a personal problem and hears in response, 'I know how you feel' or 'the same thing happens to me.' The resulting 'troubles talk' reinforces the connection between them.

Deborah Tannen

LightFocusWomanMeProblemYou

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.

Christina Milian

HomeOpportunitiesBackLivingSaw

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