Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004

Topics

ExperienceTravelAdventurePeople

My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.

Jerry Hall

SuccessFatherMotherMoneyMeBack

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

John Cusack

EnoughSayOldI Was RaisedRaised

Feminism is being able to have the choice - the choice to be a CEO, to be an executive, to be a journalist, to be a congresswoman, to be a mother, a stay-at-home mother, to be a wife.

Stacey Dash

MotherWifeChoiceFeminismBeing

I've always played music. But you know, in eastern Kentucky, everybody plays music.

Sturgill Simpson

MusicYouKnowAlwaysKentucky

Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course.

Stieg Larsson

YouKnowSayEntertainmentTryMost

I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. They're really nice people. They're so Disney. They're so Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Trey Parker

PeopleNiceNeverLikeMormonMet

Going home and just seeing what a mess youth baseball was was an eye-opener. I just want to make it a better game.

Roy Halladay

HomeBaseballYouthGameBetter

Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.

Ross Kemp

GreedPoliticalBornPersonalOut

My parents were practicing Jews. My mother grew up in an orthodox synagogue, and after my grandfather died, she went to a conservative synagogue and a little later ended up in a reform synagogue. My father was in reform synagogues from the beginning.

Judith Butler

FatherMotherBeginningParentsShe

I ended up losing weight and going through a lot of stuff, but yeah, that is so much of my life and my past. I'm glad that I went through that because I don't think I would be where I am now if I hadn't gone through it. It spills over in most of my love for movies and being alone.

Josh Trank

LifeLoveAlonePastI AmLosing

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

Christopher Isherwood

EntertainmentIndustryBetSomeDoes

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music.

Christian Scott

MusicMusiciansStretchMakeYounger

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