Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. ”

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. ”

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands. ”

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. ”

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

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

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