Creative Quotations from . . .
Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965) born on
Apr 25
US broadcast journalist. "He was TV moderator of "See It Now," 1951-58 and director of the U.S. Information Agency, 1962-64."
 
   
F
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

R
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices -- just recognize them.
A
Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.
N
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
K
Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said," ed. Robert Byrne, 1988."
R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
N: "On President John F Kennedy's inaugural address; in "Murrow," by A. M. Sperber, 1986."
K: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."



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