Eric Sevareid

“Next to the confrontation between two highly honed batteries of lawyers, jungle warfare is a stately minuet.”

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity to act in spite of it.”

“Stupidity is the basic law of the universe.”

“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”

“The simple fact is that the world is not a simple place.”

“As a people we have not been disciplined by history as have the peoples of the old world.”

“The chief cause of problems is solutions.”

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

“The biggest business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety.”

“Dealing with the Nixon administration is like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall.”

“The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.”

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”

“A diplomat is a man who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.”