All Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
- The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Crazy
- Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. Education
- A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. Bed
- I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early. All
- As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We… Abandoned
- The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen… Active
- An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an… Corporation
- Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Drive
- A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services. Celebrity
- We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we… From
- Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. Celebrities
- The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. Adding
- A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. Best
- The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness. Celebrity
- Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Command
- Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. Another Commodity
- The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. Advertising
- The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. Authentic
- The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later… Addition
- We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new… Advertisement
- The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.… Achievement
- The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the… Achievement
- God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness. Agnosticism
- Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… Among
- We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant. Abandon