Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

Topics: Reality Quotes, Television Quotes

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...

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience....

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience....

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 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...

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

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

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.

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...

The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to...