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

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

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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...

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

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

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of...

The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We...

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We...

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...

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...

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

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...

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.

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

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...

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.

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...