The mask, like the side-show freak, is mainly participatory rather than pictorial in its sensory appeal. (p. 352) - Marshall McLuhan

The message of radio is one of violent, unified implosion and resonance. (p. 263)

Our time is a time to cross barriers, for erasing old categories — for probing around. When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively poised, put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result

In accepting an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame a few years ago, General David Sarnoff made this statement: “We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value.