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

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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo...

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It...

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It...

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...

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

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

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.

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans...

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans...

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...