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> [Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/consultant-any-ordinary-guy-more-than-fifty-miles-from-home/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

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> [Consultant: an ordinary guy more than 50 miles from home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/consultant-an-ordinary-guy-more-than-50-miles-from-home/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

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## More by Eric Sevareid

> [The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/the-bigger-the-information-media-the-less-courage-and-freedom-they/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [The chief cause of problems is solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/the-chief-cause-of-problems-is-solutions/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [It is perfectly clear that people, given no alternative, will choose tyranny over anarchy, because anarchy is the worst tyranny of all... The special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/it-is-perfectly-clear-that-people-given-no-alternative-will-choose/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/i-m-sort-of-a-pessimist-about-tomorrow-and-an-optimist-about-the-day/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/better-to-trust-the-man-who-is-frequently-in-error-than-the-one-who/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/the-difference-between-the-men-and-the-boys-in-politics-is-and-always/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [Saints are usually killed by their own people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/saints-are-usually-killed-by-their-own-people/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/tenacity-is-a-pretty-fair-substitute-for-bravery-and-the-best-form-of/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [The major cause of problems are solutions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/the-major-cause-of-problems-are-solutions/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can help others. It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/it-is-only-people-with-a-sense-of-personal-responsibility-who-can/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/the-five-happiest-people-i-have-ever-met-all-had-this-strange-little/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/for-children-christmas-is-anticipation-for-adults-christmas-is-memory/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [Most problems are caused by solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/most-problems-are-caused-by-solutions/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/men-want-power-in-order-to-do-something-boys-want-power-in-order-to/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

> [“Never underestimate your listener's intelligence, or overestimate you listener's information.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-sevareid/never-underestimate-your-listener-s-intelligence-or-overestimate-you/)

[Eric Sevareid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-sevareid/)

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