"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers." ― Daniel J. Boorstin Topic(s): Great More From Daniel J. Boorstin "Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know." "Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities." "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.”" More In Great "The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply."― Christopher Hitchens "Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number."― Anna Quindlen "Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship."― Benjamin Franklin