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" What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it. "

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" I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere. "

" 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. "

" I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life. "

" You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. "

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

" So much crap passes as information that not only does the audience sometimes miss the distinction between news and crap, the editors sometimes miss the distinction. "

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

" Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. "

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

" When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. "

" After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air. "

" The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton. "

" Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio. "

" Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. "

" Killing is the payoff of war. "

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

" What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? "

" 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. "

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

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

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