Aphorism Quote by Daniel J. Boorstin

The improved American highway system isolated the American-in-transit. On his speedway he had no contact with the towns which he by-passed. If he stopped…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango -…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Each living art object, taken out of its native habitat so we can conveniently gaze at it, is like an animal in a zoo.…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Probably no one of us has the True Religion. But all of us together - if we are allowed to be free - are…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel -movement through space…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The computer can help us find what we know is there. But the book remains our symbol and our resource for the unimagined question…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“The shadow has become the substance.”

— Daniel J. Boorstin

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.…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

Being known primarily for their well-knownness, celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by becoming widely known for relations among themselves. By a kind of…

— Daniel J. Boorstin