Quotes By Eric Sevareid

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

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

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

Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.

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

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 chief cause of problems is solutions.

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

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