Ed Bliss Quotes

United States, Journalist
July 30, 1912 – November, 25, 2002.

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

The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.

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The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.

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Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives.

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Since the early bird catches the worm, it's a good idea to begin your day as soon as you can -- unless, of course, you happen to be a worm.

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- Bird
- Good Idea
- Worm
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?"

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- Failing
- Ask
- Promises
Bottlenecks are usually at the tops of bottles.

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- Bottleneck
- Tops
If you are too busy to exercise, you are too busy.

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- Exercise
- Busy
A few fat files are better than a lot of thin ones.

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- Better
- Fat
- Files

Once you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.

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- Start
- Finish
- Projects
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.

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

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