A biography for Morley Saferhasn’t been written yet.
“Killing is the payoff of war.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I really feel stateless, which is not bad, because I always felt a man without a country was not encumbered by narrow loyalties.”
“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 have no desire to put my feet up. Why would I?”
“Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.”
“Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.”
“I really don't care what movie stars have to say about life.”
“Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.”
“In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.”
“It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.”
“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.”
“You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.”
“What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.”
“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.”