Short Quotes - Author Daniel J. Boorstin Showing 1 - 27 of 27 Add Quote Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. Daniel J. Boorstin Time Upvote0 Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin Greatness Upvote0 Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin Technology Upvote0 The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness. Daniel J. Boorstin Celebrity Upvote0 The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. Daniel J. Boorstin Life Upvote0 The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. Daniel J. Boorstin Power Upvote0 The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin Knowledge Upvote0 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 Experience Upvote0 The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. Daniel J. Boorstin Crime Upvote0 Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed. Daniel J. Boorstin Sex Upvote0 Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. Daniel J. Boorstin Upvote0 We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. Daniel J. Boorstin Upvote0 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 God Upvote0 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 Experience Upvote0 Nothing is really real unless it happens on television. Daniel J. Boorstin Nothing Upvote0 Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. Daniel J. Boorstin Knowledge Upvote0 I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early. Daniel J. Boorstin Open Upvote0 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 have put in their place. Daniel J. Boorstin Reality Upvote0 Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. Daniel J. Boorstin Education Upvote0 Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. Daniel J. Boorstin Thought Upvote0 As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. Daniel J. Boorstin Lie Upvote0 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 Design Upvote0 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 Bed Upvote0 A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services. Daniel J. Boorstin Celebrity Upvote0 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 Genius Upvote0 A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. Daniel J. Boorstin Selling Upvote0 The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin Motivational Upvote0