Daniel J. Boorstin

Starting tomorrow, and continuing for the next few days, "Quotations of the Day" will be coming from historian Daniel J. Boorstin. Interesting fellow:

Rhodes Scholar. Triple Pulitzer Prize winner. Librarian of Congress. Former Director, National Museum of American History. Senior Historian or the Smithsonian Institution. Professor of History at the University of Chicago for 20 years. And a bunch of other stuff.

His quotations are interesting, intelligent, and suggest a dry sense of humor.