Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
In a decade, America's mighty rivers will have reached the boiling point. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Many Americans feel themselves inferior in the presence of anyone with an English accent, which is why an English accent has become fashionable in… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
To harness the power of television for the education of our nation's children, everyone must get involved - television programmers, government leaders, teachers, and… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Few things concentrate the mind more efficiently than the necessity of saying what you mean. It brings you face to face with what you… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
We live in a big and marvelously varied world. Television ought to reflect that. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Not communicating saves energy; it keeps people from worrying about things they cannot do anything about; and it eliminates an enormous amount of useless… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
William F. Buckley, Jr. does not speak so much as exhale, but he exhales polysyllabically, and the results are remarkable. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
William F. Buckley, Jr. does not so much speak as exhale, but he exhales polysyllabically, and the results are remarkable. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will. — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and middle socioeconomic… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
