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Daniel J Boorstin Quotes

Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know Picture Quote #1

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves Picture Quote #1

While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry Picture Quote #1

The Christian test was a willingness to believe in the one Jesus Christ and His Message of salvation. What was demanded was not criticism but credulity. The Church Fathers observed that in the realm of thought only heresy had a history Picture Quote #1

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation Picture Quote #1

A celebrity is a person known for his well-knownness. Celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by being well known for relations among themselves. By a kind of symbiosis, celebrities live off each other Picture Quote #1

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The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities Picture Quote #1

In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs Picture Quote #1

Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango - with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to-date scripts for actors on the tourists’ stage Picture Quote #1

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety Picture Quote #1

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it Picture Quote #1

History had been man’s effort to accomodate himself to what he could not do. Amereican history in the 20th century would, more than ever before, test man’s ability to accomodate himself to all the new things he could do Picture Quote #1

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It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily Picture Quote #1

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing.’ Picture Quote #1

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge Picture Quote #1

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers Picture Quote #1

Never have people been more the masters of their environment. Yet never has a people felt more deceived and disappointed. For never has a people expected so much more than the world could offer Picture Quote #1

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While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one Picture Quote #1

Destruction is easy for humans but creation is too difficult Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one Picture Quote #1

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge Picture Quote #1

Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion Picture Quote #1

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The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises Picture Quote #1

When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style Picture Quote #1

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge Picture Quote #1

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books] Picture Quote #1

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world. Expecting more novelty than there is, more greatness than there is, and more strangeness than there is, we imagine ourselves masters of a plastic universe. But a world we can shape to our will is a shapeless world Picture Quote #1

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions Picture Quote #1

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Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) While the focus in the landscape of Old World cities was commonly government structures, churches, or the residences of rulers, the landscape and the skyline of American cities have boasted their hotels, department stores, office buildings, apartments, and skyscrapers. In this grandeur, Americans have expressed their Booster Pride, their hopes for visitors and new settlers, and customers, for thriving commerce and industry (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The Christian test was a willingness to believe in the one Jesus Christ and His Message of salvation. What was demanded was not criticism but credulity. The Church Fathers observed that in the realm of thought only heresy had a history (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) [The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) A celebrity is a person known for his well-knownness. Celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by being well known for relations among themselves. By a kind of symbiosis, celebrities live off each other (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango - with a detailed and itemized list of what is expected of them and when. These are the up-to-date scripts for actors on the tourists’ stage (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) History had been man’s effort to accomodate himself to what he could not do. Amereican history in the 20th century would, more than ever before, test man’s ability to accomodate himself to all the new things he could do (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing.’ (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Never have people been more the masters of their environment. Yet never has a people felt more deceived and disappointed. For never has a people expected so much more than the world could offer (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the common practice of the community into a moral absolute (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) I’ve learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Destruction is easy for humans but creation is too difficult (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) I’ve learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) [The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation. [Referring to the diverse holdings of the library, including motion pictures, photographs, recordings, posters and other historic objects which collectively far outnumber the books] (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world. Expecting more novelty than there is, more greatness than there is, and more strangeness than there is, we imagine ourselves masters of a plastic universe. But a world we can shape to our will is a shapeless world. (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes) We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions (Daniel J Boorstin Quotes)

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