Morley Safer Quotes

Canada, Journalist
November 8, 1931 – May, 19, 2016.

Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes, the most watched and most profitable program in television history.

Also known as Reporter

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

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

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- Business
- Calling
- Wrongs

The workplace has become a psychological battlefield and the millennials have the upper hand, because they are tech savvy, with every gadget imaginable almost becoming an extension of their bodies. They multitask, talk, walk, listen and type, and text. And their priorities are simple: they come first.

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- Simple
- Hands
- Becoming
Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

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

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- Thinking
- Years
- Habit
Arrogance and snobbism live in adjoining rooms and use a common currency.

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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.

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- World
- Travel
- Views
You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

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- Enough
- Times
- Garlic

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

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- Great
- Knows
- President
Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

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- Song
- Reality
- Culture