“Not so many years ago there there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel–movement through space–provided the universal metaphor for change…. One of the subtle confusions–perhaps one of the secret terrors–of modern life is that we have lost this refuge. No longer do we move through space as we once did.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Traveling
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“There is a wonderful, but neglected precision in these words. The old English noun “travel” (in the sense of a journey) was originally the same word as “travail” (meaning “trouble,” “work,” or “torment”)…. Significantly, too, the word “tour” in “tourist” was derived by back-formation from the Latin “tornus,” which in turn came from the Greek word for a tool describing a circle. The traveler, then was working at something; the tourist was a pleasure-seeker. 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.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Education
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“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
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“The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
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“Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Time
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“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Obstacles
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“A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services.”
Daniel J. Boorstin
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Fame
