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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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 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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you...

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you...

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

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

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 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.

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 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....

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

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

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

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

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.

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.