Quotes by Boorstin, Daniel J.

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. >>

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

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the worl >>

Quotations about Conceit

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-concei >>

Conceit is a queer disease -- it makes everyone Sick except the person >>

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beau >>

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.

Boorstin, Daniel J.