Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while I've been asleep. Bob Edwards More Quotes by Bob Edwards More Quotes From Bob Edwards When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile. Bob Edwards problemsaidfunny I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy. Bob Edwards conservativenewsguy Public radio has always been so powerless. Bob Edwards public-radiopowerlessradio If blue collar jobs are leaving and white collar jobs are outsourced what color collar jobs are left? Bob Edwards whitebluejobs I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5. Bob Edwards officeair But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before. Bob Edwards genealogyimpressiveslavery At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river. Bob Edwards indianakentuckyrivers I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again. Bob Edwards noonbedhome I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother. Bob Edwards soapoperagrandmother I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much. Bob Edwards excitedelementstalking I've never been able to predict the future of anything. Bob Edwards able In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news. Bob Edwards ambitioncollegerights That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate. Bob Edwards issuesinterviewsradio The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it. Bob Edwards palsradiocrazy Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance. Bob Edwards tapeinterviewswork-out Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it. Bob Edwards dry-uporganizationthinking People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. Bob Edwards abilitymenpeople Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing one, and I don't. Bob Edwards caretieslooks Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children. Bob Edwards qualityparentchildren The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises. Bob Edwards differenceshelpingfriendship
