For tribal man space was the uncontrolla... | Marshall McLuhan

Man Time

For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.

- Marshall McLuhan

Quote of the Day

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

- Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Marshall McLuhan

Don't ask whether it is right or wrong. Instead try to find out what is going on.

- Marshall McLuhan

Importance Age

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

- Marshall McLuhan

Money Man

Money is a poor man's credit card.

- Marshall McLuhan

Car

Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.

- Marshall McLuhan

All words, in every language, are metaphors.

- Marshall McLuhan

Jokes

Jokes are grievances.

- Marshall McLuhan

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Want Time People

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.

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Months School Years Time

I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.

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Time

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

- John Travolta

Right Time

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

- Judd Nelson

Eyes Time

I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.

- Sergio Leone

Today Time

I guess some of today's programming has rubbed off on me because I find myself having to set time around for touring, putting that together and then setting time around for recording.

- Bootsy Collins