In Jesus Christ, there is no distance or separation between the medium and the message: it is the one case where we can say that the medium and the message are fully one and the same.
Marshall McLuhanNowadays there is no conversation at all. Teachers distrust talk as much as business men.
Marshall McLuhanMan works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure.
Marshall McLuhanWhen people become too intense, too serious, they will have trouble in relating to any sort of social game or norm. Perhaps this is why jokes are so important. On one hand they tell us about where the problems and grievances are, and, at the same time, they provide the means of enduring these grievances by laughing at the problems.
Marshall McLuhan