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Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin
American Historian
Born: Oct 1, 1914
Died: Feb 28, 2004
Bed Celebrity Experience His Knowledge World
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge Ignorance Illusion Obstacle Greatest Greatest Obstacle Discovery
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 Our Those Weaknesses Haunted Put Primarily Vices Place Suffer Illusions Images
Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
Knowledge Technology Fog Drive Our Out Drown So Much Fun Information Much Fun
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. Daniel J. Boorstin
Politics You Lie Must Make Bed Your
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. Daniel J. Boorstin
Great Achieve Relations Some Born Hire Greatness Officers Public Public Relations
A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services. Daniel J. Boorstin
Worth Sign More Name His Celebrity Than Often Famous Services
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. Daniel J. Boorstin
Time Heroes Makes Celebrities
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 World Responsibility See Making Shifted Interesting Newspaperman Theologians Need
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
Travel Experience People Active He Tourist Adventure Him Passive Expects Goes Happen Interesting Interesting Things Search Traveler Things
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 Diffusion Increases On The Contrary Never Simply Another Up Contrary Commodity Used Grows
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. Daniel J. Boorstin
Word Power Other Advertising Force Dwarf Literature Century Image
A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. Daniel J. Boorstin
Book Sold Best-Seller Somehow Well Because Selling Which
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
Good Fool Genius Bad Write Takes Learned Real His Off Hands Any Keep Ad

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