#ow

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. ↗

#discovery #greatest #greatest obstacle #ignorance #illusion

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. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#america #ancestors #been #beloved #echo

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#always #announcement #desires #discover #eager

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#accepting #choices #define #either #every

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#arise #cleverness #confusion #duty #faithful

I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots. ↗

— Elayne Boosler

#am #artists #doubly #eventually #geniuses

I'd rather be on a label that understands us and allows us to be a bit odd. ↗

— Sean Booth

#bit #i #label #odd #rather

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#charity work #children #dad #effect #growing

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#how #i #me #tell #tells

I was always one who was clowning around in school and getting in trouble. ↗