Author: Eric Sevareid

Quotes

Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.

Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.

- Eric Sevareid

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

- Eric Sevareid

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

- Eric Sevareid

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

- Eric Sevareid

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

- Eric Sevareid

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

- Eric Sevareid

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

- Eric Sevareid

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