Daniel J. Boorstin quotes and words of wisdom

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

"Education is learning what you didn"t even know you didn"t know."
Found in the topic God.

"Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel ? movement through space ? provided the universal metaphor for change. One of the subtle confusions ? perhaps one of the secret terrors ? of modern life is that we have lost this refuge. No longer do we move through space as we once did."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life."
Found in the topic Illusions.

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers."
Found in the topic Gravity.

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