Quotes from Bob Edwards

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There are no pictures to distract.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

One trouble with being efficient is that it makes everybody hate you so.

Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing one, and I don't.

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

Good things just keep happening.

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.

Meanwhile, the meek are a long time inheriting the earth.

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile.

But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

Now I know what a statesman is he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.

The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The pictures are perfect. If you're showing pictures, different things in that picture can distract from the spoken word.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.