Eric SevareidChristmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.371Thought
Eric SevareidThe chief source of problems is solutions.377Humor
Eric SevareidWith breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-mi… ▶328HumanityLoveThought
Eric SevareidThe bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.241Reading
Eric SevareidBetter to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.264Death
Eric SevareidNext to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.253HumorPolitics
Eric SevareidFor children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.243Humanity
Eric SevareidConsultant: an ordinary guy more than 50 miles from home. ✨ Eric Sevareid (1964). This is Eric Sevareid3110Love
Eric SevareidBrotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend.277Thought
Eric SevareidThe biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety. ✨ Eric Sevareid (1964). This is … ▶235Truth
Eric SevareidTenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: The next mile is the only one a person rea… ▶246Love
Eric SevareidI have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.215Politics
Eric SevareidThe five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'227Humanity
Eric SevareidYou can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.217Humanity
Eric SevareidThere are only two kinds of people in the world, suckers and people that can be had. Everyone can be had, but a sucker will always bet you $50 that he can't be had. Maybe magician… ▶219HumanityThought
Eric SevareidMen want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.175Politics
Eric SevareidThe 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.175Politics
Eric SevareidI'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.153Love
Eric SevareidThe most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change. ✨ Eric Sevareid (1964). This is Eric Sevareid155Humanity
Eric SevareidNo man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.178Humor
Eric SevareidDealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. ✨ Biography / Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.178Death
Eric SevareidWisdom is essential in a president, the appearance of wisdom will do in a candidate.148Philosophy
