Herbert Marshall McLuhan, (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher of communication theory.
I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. Use this quote
The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. Use this quote
The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. Use this quote
Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance. Use this quote
Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either. Use this quote
Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. Use this quote
Money is just the poor man's credit card. Use this quote
Money is a poor man's credit card. Use this quote
