A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Language does for intelligence what the wheel does for the feet and the body. It enables them to move from thing to thing with greater ease and speed and ever less involvement.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 79
Quote #3269
Year: 1964
Chapters: Extension Theory | Language
↪ Also at #2228, #3239
Compiled by William Kuhns
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