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Eric Sevareid
American
Journalist
About the author
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Honor
#World
#Power
#Humor
The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#American
#Society
#Change
The chief cause of problems is solutions.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Problems
#Cause
Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Want
#Power
#Men
#Boys
#Order
I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Day
#Tomorrow
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,
American
Journalist
#Power
#Press
#Worry
Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Death
#Being
#Network
Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Home
Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.
Eric Sevareid,
American
Journalist
#Man
#Trust
#Doubt
#Error
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,
American
Journalist
#Want
#Men
#Difference
#Boys
#Politics