Author: Daniel J. Boorstin

Quotes

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

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

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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

- Daniel J. Boorstin

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