North American Electric

Famous quotes containing the words north, american and/or electric:

“Refinement’s origin:
the remote north country’s
rice-planting song.”
—Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)

“The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)

“Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with electric light. In the same way, the social and educational patterns latent in automation are those of self- employment and artistic autonomy.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)