Harold Evans Quotes (14 Quotes)

I don't think the pictures and words can be separated, ... If you get an amazing photograph, like the dust clouds blowing over a small town in Kansas, it's not enough to look at the picture (the readers) want to know, 'How did this happen, that half the farming soil of a whole state is blown away' And then you want to know, 'Well, what happened to the people, and what kind of condition were they in It's in the middle of the '30s, and most of them were unemployed, and how did they get out of it Why didn't the politicians act sooner'

I think America has a brilliant future.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Once we get further into the irrigation season and start using more water, we'll get all of it flushed out.

The purpose of the book is to see what happened to America both to the people in it, and to its relationships with the rest of the world.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

Jon takes a lot of pride in providing the best water possible and this has really been bothering him.

By the end of this century, of course, America is the dominant world power, economically and militarily, and it has not only enlarged the freedoms of its own citizens -- which was very circumscribed in 1889 -- but by 1989 it has enlarged the freedoms of millions and millions of people around the world.

We're all told that people are busy, and have short attention spans, and yet these stories are so marvelous, and really ought to be read.

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.