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Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

Daniel J. Boorstin quotes

American Historian October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004

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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 have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource,..."
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. Daniel J. Boorstin
The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is..."
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
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 to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real..."
I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities."
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. 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 an individual, institution, corporation, product or service. Daniel J. Boorstin
We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power..."
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. Daniel J. Boorstin
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 surprises. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer..."
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin quote: "Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we..."
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. Daniel J. Boorstin
I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. Daniel J. Boorstin

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