I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake…

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

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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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

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...

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Im very clear that everyone in the world loves me. I just dont expect them...

Im very clear that everyone in the world loves me. I just dont expect them...

Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some...

Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some...

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...