I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and more mature than most of our industry's program planners believe.
Edward R. MurrowTo be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
Edward R. MurrowThe speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.
Edward R. MurrowA blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.
Edward R. MurrowWe hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion - a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a heavy package of despair, or even a quivering portion of hysteria. Opinions can be picked up cheap in the market place while such commodities as courage and fortitude and faith are in alarmingly short supply.
Edward R. Murrow