“This instrument [radio] can teach. It can illuminate, yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it's nothing but wires and lights in a box.” HumansEndsUseLightCan DoEducationTeachInspireInstrumentsRadioBoxesDeterminedWireGood Night And Good Luck Book:In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961 Source: In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961
“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.” WorldMeanEndsWisdomVoiceBarsAround The WorldFavouriteWiserHalfwayMean Girls Author:Edward R. Murrow
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.” HumansEndsProblemLanguageHuman BeingsTechnologyCommunicationComputerRelationSpeedCompoundsCommunicatorsDigital TechnologyInternet TechnologyCommunication Problems Author: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.” DoeEndsCountryFactsUnderstandingVoiceGreaterDegreesBarsPossessed Author:Edward R. Murrow