45 Quotes by Eric Sevareid

As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.

Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

The 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,

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.