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

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

Topics: Writing Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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.

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 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...

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 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.

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.

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...

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

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.

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...

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...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from [pool coverage of] military operations is...

The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from [pool coverage of] military operations is...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...