Daniel Boorstin Quotes

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

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

“Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.”

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

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

“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.'”

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

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

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

“Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.”