All Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes
- 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
- Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel -movement through space -provided… Ago
- In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The… Ability
- What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God himself becomes not… Becomes
- America has been a land of dreams. A land where the aspirations of people from countries cluttered with rich, cumbersome, aristocratic, ideological pasts can reach… America
- We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman. From
- Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. Freedom
- As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. Bed
- If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction… Believe
- The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We… Adore
- When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was. Abroad
- Climaxing a movement for calendar reform which had been developing for at least a century, in 1582 Pope Gregory ordained that October 4 was to… Been
- When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style. Added
- The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita, unknown territory. Ever Written
- More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge. Appealing
- Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed Act