Quotes by Boorstin, Daniel J.

Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And the >>

Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by >>

In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be >>

Quotations about Fame

If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner >>

Acquaintance lessens fame. >>

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write th >>

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.

Boorstin, Daniel J.