Edgar Dale Quotes

• There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous.

  Edgar Dale

  Time, Ignorance, History

  "Can you give the public what it wants?" by Edgar Dale, 1967.

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• No one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries about what he is going to put in his speech or article. The expert worries about what he should take out.

  Edgar Dale

  Long, Worry, Focus

  "Can you give the public what it wants?: The need for better communications in editing, writing, broadcasting, advertising, public relations [and] teaching".

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• One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to believe in it for himself. We want censorship to protect someone else— the young, the unstable, the suggestible, the stupid. I have never heard of anyone who wanted a film or speaker banned because otherwise he himself might be harmed.

  Edgar Dale

  Stupid, Want, Might

  "Can you give the public what it wants?".

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