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.
- Morley Safer
Woman, Very, Couple, Duke
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.
- Morley Safer
Way, CEOs, Basis, Regular Basis
I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.
- Morley Safer
Country, Always, Which, Narrow
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.
- Morley Safer
Goodbye, Been, Dozens, 60 Minutes
Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.
- Morley Safer
Culture, TV, Momentary, Popular Culture
It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.
- Morley Safer
Treat, Enemy, Always, Disarming
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.
- Morley Safer
Still, Spencer Tracy, Widow, Interview
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.
- Morley Safer
Think, Brilliant, I Think, Screw
I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.
- Morley Safer
Trust, Citizen, Would, Journalism
McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.
- Morley Safer
Idea, Vietnam, Had, Plea
When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.'
- Morley Safer
Grow, Want, Grow Up, 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.
- Morley Safer
Been, Which, Bush, Cabinet
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.
- Morley Safer
News, Audience, Distinction, Editors
Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on and ask the questions you assume most of the people watching want to ask.
- Morley Safer
Grit, Want, Some, Assume
You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.
- Morley Safer
Great, Know, Course, Flaws
What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?
- Morley Safer
Caring, Does, Considered, Compassionate
You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.
- Morley Safer
New, Never, Garlic, New York Times
In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.
- Morley Safer
Country, Certain Way, Nixon, Jerry
I have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I?
- Morley Safer
Feet, Desire, Would, No Desire
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
Idea, About, Mike, Yawn
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
Natural, Like, Very, Uneasy
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.
- Morley Safer
Kind, Through, Some, Suggested
Killing is the payoff of war.
- Morley Safer
War, Payoff
What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.
- Morley Safer
Nothing, Shows, Unreality
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.
- Morley Safer
Over, Stories, About, Chose
Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.
- Morley Safer
Rich, Clinton, Marc
I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.
- Morley Safer
Total, Guess, Almost, Tours
Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.
- Morley Safer
Know, Teachers, Valid, Views
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.
- Morley Safer
Work, War, Coverage, Weary
I believe in playing petanque with a certain kind of panache - even if you're winning, you take a risk.
- Morley Safer
Winning, Believe, Kind, I Believe In
We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.
- Morley Safer
Think, I Think, Became, Sunday Night
I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.
- Morley Safer
Business, I Am, Calling, Wrongs
For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line.
- Morley Safer
Think, Over, Protecting, Civilians
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
Want, Give, Which, Fellow
The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.
- Morley Safer
Well, Republicans, Learned, Bill
I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life.
- Morley Safer
Say, Movie, About, Movie Stars
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.
- Morley Safer
Art, Want, Mr, Definition
Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.
- Morley Safer
Looking, Soon, Pilgrims, Cure
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