Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.”

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

“I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.”

“A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.”

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

“A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.”

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

“We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.”

“A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.”