Quotes by Morley Safer

About Morley Safer:

Morley Safer is a Canadian-American reporter and correspondent for CBS News. He is best known for his long tenure on the newsmagazine 60 Minutes, the cast of which he joined in December 1970, during the third season of the series.
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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.

Morley Safer

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

Morley Safer

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

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

Morley Safer

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

Morley Safer

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.

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Killing is the payoff of war.

Morley Safer

Author Bio

  • NameMorley Safer
  • DescriptionCanadian correspondent
  • BornNovember 8, 1931
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionWar Correspondent; Author; Television Presenter
  • AwardsPeabody Award; Emmy Award; George Polk Award