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.

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

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We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even...

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even...

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered...

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered...

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

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

I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius...

I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in...

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you...

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you...

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

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

Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.

Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.

I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions...

I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions...

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.

Reading is like the sex act-done privately, and often in bed.

Reading is like the sex act-done privately, and often in bed.

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

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

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

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.

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by...

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by...

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.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they...

Reasonable people can differ

Reasonable people can differ