Creative Quotations from Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965)

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.

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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.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices -- just recognize them.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.