Jacques Ellul Quotes

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

Jacques Ellul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 6, 1912 - May 19, 1994

Topics

SocietyMediaIndividualMass Media

I mostly get noticed in shopping malls, airports, red states. The Cheesecake Factory. I am more likely to get stopped in San Antonio or Oakland than in New York or L.A.

Max Joseph

I AmRedNew YorkShoppingNewMore

The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out behind the barn. Yet that same pigmentation that on a man can resemble leaf mold or junkyard rust, a woman wears like a tiara of rubies.

Tom Robbins

TruthMenWomanManLeafTruth Is

I love pressure situations. I won't run for cover, and I'll try to take as much of the heat as possible. Because I feel I can stand it better than most people.

Roger Ailes

LovePeopleStandPressureBetter

I'm very phobic about flying, but I'm also drawn to it.

Martin Scorsese

FlyingVeryAboutDrawnAlso

I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre.

Jason Marsden

ThinkGenreLockedI ThinkSort

I think you have to have the talent, and guys have to believe in what you're doing. Everybody has to play to the end.

Chris Harris, Jr.

TalentBelieveThinkEndDoingYou

Nearly everyone I know seems to have a well-developed theory as to why this country is past redemption, or almost, and every theory seems almost right.

Bret Stephens

PastCountryKnowWhyRedemption

I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.

Alice Waters

ChangeFoodPeopleBackKnowNever

I generally try to think of what it is I want to express and then find a way of expressing it.

William Hurt

ThinkFindWantWayTryExpressing

To be invited to the Park - the greatest free Shakespeare festival in the world - is a great honor, and I don't take it lightly.

Phyllida Lloyd

GreatWorldFreeHonorParkTake

Well, I think that in every character there are little bits and pieces of yourself.

Phyllis Smith

CharacterYourselfThinkLittleWell

Ballet is hard enough when you go with it; when you have to force your body to do things, it is so much harder.

Sylvie Guillem

EnoughYouBodyGoYour BodyHard

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