Quote by Marshall McLuhan
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and ind

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion. – Marshall McLuhan

Other quotes by Marshall McLuhan

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but, disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. – Marshall McLuhan

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Shopping
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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. – Marshall McLuhan

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Politics
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Whether you think a film will affect society or its plain entertainment, its all excellent, its all noble. – Joaquin Phoenix

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Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society. – Erica Jong

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Society

The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. – Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Society

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society. – Pervez Musharraf

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Society

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In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life. – Hugh Hefner

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If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The body is the souls poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam. – Robert Herrick

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There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. – Denis Waitley

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Life