A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

It is the present which is also the future.
“Television as a Debating Medium,” TV Appearance on NBC-TV with Tom Brokaw, 1976, from “Marshall McLuhan Speaks” transcript, p 3
Once I'm in the air, no distractions, nobody can interrupt me. Thank heavens they don't have telephones on the planes yet, and nobody can get at you.
"It Will Probably End the Motor Car," Interview with Kirwin Cox and S. M. Crean, Cinema Canada, No.30, August (1976), p 28
Quote #3983
Year: 1976
Chapter: McLuhan on McLuhan
Compiled by William Kuhns
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