Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression.

Marshall McLuhan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a diamond.

Jim Jarmusch

BeautifulFootballBaseballThink

Some people in the industry warned me that I'd ruin my career, miss out on possible jobs, and potentially put my life in danger if I ever came out.

Alyson Stoner

PeopleAppreciateOpinionsDignity

I watched the Tyson-Holyfield fight with Stallone. I remember when Tyson bit him, Sly looked at me and said, 'I think he bit him'. I said, 'I think you're right, Rock.'

Stephen Lang

FightMeThinkRememberYouRock

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

Tommy Chong

TimeMeJailUpJustComedian

I've told so many lies about my age I don't know how old I am myself.

Ruby Wax

AgeMyselfI AmKnowOldLies

This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction.

Martin Sheen

VisionDirectionUnderstandingClear

L.A. - talk about a cruel city: Patients are forcibly removed from hospitals.

Michael Moore

CityTalkCruelHospitalsAbout

The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.

Mitch McConnell

MoneyGovernmentYouSecurityPaid

Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.

Jose Padilha

SayPoliticiansWellPopular

It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broadway. But you do kind of miss the things that I now see my children doing. I'm just happy they are not actors. The Valentine's Day dance is really important. Pitching in Little League is very important. And the medals and the scouts are really important.

Bonnie Bedelia

ChildrenValentine's DayDayDance

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

Bryan Clay

LifeChangeThinkMy LifeLookDone

People didn't just wear wedding dresses in the past. They also wore plain cotton shifts beneath them. As pretty as the dresses might be, and as lovely as they might look on display, if a museum doesn't hang the shifts beside them or acknowledge that the shifts existed, that exhibit's incomplete.

Susanna Kearsley

PastPeopleWeddingLookMuseum

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