Quotes by : Daniel J. Boorstin

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with....

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

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.....

The deeper problems connected with advertising come less from the unscrupulousness of our 'deceivers'....

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

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

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A (best-seller) is a celebrity among books. It is....

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

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