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

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Marshall McLuhan

#Time Quotes #Men Quotes #Space Quotes

“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”

Source : "The Yale Book of Quotations". Book by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 657, 2006.
“that since Ceciliaâ€™s suicide, the Lisbonâ€™s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep”
“We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.”

Source : "The Social Destiny of Man: Or, Theory of the Four Movements".
“He'd come back, all open and helpless, and I suppose that's what won her around in the end. But it was so sad, because it was being himself that he found so difficult to cope with.”

Source : Melvin Burgess (2010). “Smack”, p.278, Macmillan
“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
“It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The thing you want to be able to do is to be well-liked when you retire. I know right now I'm not close to retiring, and I'm not close to being liked.”
“Every kid's dream is to be a great actor.”

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