No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.
Eric Sevareid (1912–1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
“A New Kind of Leadership,” speech, Conference on Vision Care, Washington, DC (26 Apr 1974)
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The chief cause of problems is solutions.
Eric Sevareid (1912–1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
“Sevareid’s Law,” CBS News (29 Dec 1970)
The biggest big business in America is not steel, automobiles, or television. It is the manufacture, refinement and distribution of anxiety.
Eric Sevareid (1912–1992) American journalist [Arnold Eric Sevareid]
This is Eric Sevareid (1964)