We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.

Quote by Daniel J Boorstin

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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...

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.

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.

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 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....

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

Every good newspaper is muckraking to some degree. It's part of our job. Where there's...

Every good newspaper is muckraking to some degree. It's part of our job. Where there's...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

They take the paper and they read the headlines, so they've heard of unemployment and...

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in...

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...