I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be right....Dead, but right. Edward R. Murrow More Quotes by Edward R. Murrow More Quotes From Edward R. Murrow The fact that your voice, amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other, does not confer upon you greater wisdom than when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other. Edward R. Murrow voiceunderstandingcountry 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. Edward R. Murrow differenceshonorfame Don't be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste. Edward R. Murrow politicstastebelieve It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy five or 10,000 miles. That is an electronic problem. The real art is to move it the last three feet in face to face conversation. Edward R. Murrow realartmoving Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live. Edward R. Murrow buchenwaldtuberculosisdesire In order to progress, radio need only go backward, to the time when singing commercials were not allowed on news reports, when there was no middle commercial on a news report, when radio was rather proud, alert and fast. Edward R. Murrow progresssingingorder The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer. Edward R. Murrow obviousobscurelittles I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers. Edward R. Murrow pillsproducetelevision Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life. Edward R. Murrow dreammemorieslife 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. Murrow maturebelieveamerica All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man. Edward R. Murrow telling-the-truthmenson A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone. Edward R. Murrow goneairyesterday We are to a large extent an imitative society. Edward R. Murrow Fame is morally neutral. Edward R. Murrow fame A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame. Edward R. Murrow flamessymphonylight Except for those who think in terms of pious platitudes or dogma or narrow prejudice (and those thoughts we aren't interested in), people don't speak their beliefs easily, or publicly. Edward R. Murrow prejudicepeoplethinking We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we ... remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular. Edward R. Murrow A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. Edward R. Murrow After last night's debate, the reputation of Messieurs Lincoln and Douglas is secure. Edward R. Murrow I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of controversy is not warranted by the evidence. Edward R. Murrow
