More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
More appealing than knowledge itself is the feeling of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
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
Americans expect to eat and stay thin, to be constantly on the move and ever more neighborly…to revere God and be God.
Daniel J. Boorstin
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
Daniel J. Boorstin
A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.
Daniel J. Boorstin
Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary to keep him properly in the public eye.
Daniel J. Boorstin
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
There is no disinfectant like success.
Daniel J. Boorstin
The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration, from the cautious quest for what they knew (or what they thought they knew) was out there, to an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown.
Daniel J. Boorstin