Quotes from Morley Safer

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.

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

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

But to a Vietnamese peasant whose home means a lifetime of back-breaking labor, it will take more than presidential promises to convince him that we are on his side.

I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Killing is the payoff of war.