Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Ed Bliss

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Edward Lydston Bliss, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, news editor and educator. After 25 years at CBS News (1943–1968) as editor, copywriter and producer for Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, he founded the broadcast journalism program at American University.

American - Journalist | July 30, 1912 - November 25, 2002

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Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

Ed Bliss

Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.

Ed Bliss

If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these days?" Instead, ask yourself, "What's the matter with me? What am I doing or failing to do that causes people to give me empty promises?"

Ed Bliss