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Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge."

"There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull newspaper!'"

"A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well."

"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."

"The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century."

"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."
Education

"The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge."

"Reading is like the sex act-done privately, and often in bed."

"Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge."
Technology

"When they built this building they were afraid to say that beauty is truth for fear that it wouldn't be by the time it was completed."

"Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington."
Politics

"I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early."

"The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness."

"Nothing is really real unless it happens on television."

"I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one."

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
Politics

"Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands."

"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."
Politics

"The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life."

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers."

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