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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: misattributed-stephen-hawking, knowledge, ignorance

Other Quotes by "Daniel J. Boorstin"

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: adventure, travel, people, experience
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: color, imagination, courage, life
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: achieve, born, greatness, great
Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: done, like, reading, sex
We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Tags: see, responsibility, world, god
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