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" We don't want anything from the government but that furtive little fellow called the truth - which, by the way, they'll never give you - which you have to go out and find by talking to people. "

Morley Safer

Truth

People

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" I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery. "

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" I don't see myself as a Luddite. "

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Myself

" I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years. "

" Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express. "

" If you want to look at a cheap shot, look at Mr. Koons's or Mr. Gober's art. By no definition is it art. "

" When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.' "

" The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed. "

" The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. "

" I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I? "

" We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit. "

" In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country. "

" I believe in playing petanque with a certain kind of panache - even if you're winning, you take a risk. "

" After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really. "

" Don may yawn at the idea, which he often does, but the great thing about Don, he has confidence in me and Mike and Ed and Leslie and Steve, that we're not going go out and do stories that will put people to sleep. "

Morley Safer

Confidence

" I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs. "

" A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever. "

" It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak. "

" You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times. "

" Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened. "

" I really don't like being on television. It makes me uneasy. It is not natural to be talking to a piece of machinery. But the money is very good. "

Morley Safer

Talking

Money

" Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that. "