Marshall McLuhan Quotes

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

Marshall McLuhan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AgeYouthVotingAmericanMoreThan

We are more than the sum of our biochemical functions. Even the tiniest flea is an incredibly complex living creature, with mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of your cat or dog.

Robert Lanza

DogBloodLivingMoreCatComplex

We may be many things, we Americans, but we always get the job done.

Matt Taibbi

JobDoneAlwaysThingsMayGet

You just have to sit down and write the next book. I mean, it's not all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book.

Jeff Abbott

JobWritingControlBookWorryYou

Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict on that continent. Africans for the most part lead peace negotiations for the wars being fought in Africa.

John Prendergast

PeaceConflictDangerousAfricaLead

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

Sidney Buchman

LifeMysteryExploreLeftGetWould

I think they will never really enjoy true democracy in China.

Simon Winchester

DemocracyThinkEnjoyTrueNever

I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even.

Robert B. Parker

DayYouWriteRightStayWould

Wexford started off as a very conventional, tough cop and not a very original character because I had no idea I was writing a series, of course. I had no idea I'd created a series character.

Ruth Rendell

CharacterWritingToughStartedCop

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.

Michael Phelps

StarsHomeStepPeopleWorldYou

Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories.

Bobby Womack

LoveMusicBeautifulHardKidStuff

They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel.

Bruce Babbitt

TimeEndWeekYouKnowKind

When you work with people you aspire to be like, you pay attention to them.

Arjun Kapoor

WorkPeopleAttentionYouPayLike

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Marshall McLuhan