Marshall McLuhan Quotes

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare.

Marshall McLuhan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FirstPrintingImmortalityEngine

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

John Heywood

HeartImpossibleNothingWilling

It's not all Obama's fault: His plans to rebuild America's energy infrastructure have been hampered by the recession, and his efforts on global warming have been stymied by Tea Party wackos and weak-kneed Democrats in Congress.

Jeff Goodell

TeaEnergyAmericaPartyPlans

When I first started, my songs were the politics of anger. As I got older and hopefully wiser, I wanted to be part of the politics of answers.

Michael Franti

PoliticsAngerWiserFirstAnswers

At some point, you have to declare an idea dead and, if not a failure, then at least not a success.

Michael Gerber

SuccessFailureYouDeadPointIdea

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

Stephen King

TruthLieSpeakFriendsDutyLovers

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Soren Kierkegaard

HeartWillPurityOne ThingThing

Fake news is cheap to produce. Genuine journalism is expensive.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

FakeJournalismNewsGenuineCheap

I come from a place where when you shake someone's hand, it is a deal.

Troy Carter

SomeoneYouPlaceHandWhereDeal

I'm a news junkie.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

News

In Puerto Rico, I played in all kinds of bands that played salsa and merengue. That's how I saved the money to come to the U.S. We used to play El Gran Combo tunes. Half the band was my friends - we were around 15 - and the other half was my friend's father and his friends from the hospital where he worked. They were all, like, 50.

Miguel Zenon

FriendFatherMoneyFriendsPlay

While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.

Judd Nelson

SupportParentsFinancialEmotional

A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.

Jose Antonio Vargas

BrokenImmigrationSystemMeans

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