Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel Joseph Boorstinwas an American historian at the University of Chicago, writing on many topics in American history and world history. He was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Library of Congress Center for the Book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth1 October 1914
CountryUnited States of America
reading world dull
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a dull newspaper!'
reading our-world world
By reading we discover our world, our history, and ourselves.
world lasts events
The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.
world emptiness made
God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness.
bible thinking world
In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be more and more difficult to say whether we think it is a best seller because it is great, or vice versa.
people world environment
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.
travel agency world
The traveler used to go about the world to encounter the natives. A function of travel agencies now is to prevent this encounter.
technology republic world
The Republic of Technology where we will be living is a feedback world.
bad genius good learned takes
I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.
born hire public relations
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
travel expectations actors
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.
real reality television
Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.
men history effort
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.
interesting ruts needs
An enamored amateur need not be a genius to stay out of the ruts he has never been trained in.