The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Illusions Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

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

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

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

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.

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.

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....

We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the...

We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the...

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...

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

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

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of...

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of...

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 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...

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.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

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

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

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...

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably...

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a...

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a...