Morley Safer

"Memory is a storyteller, and storytellers sometimes embellish."

"Power reveals character; it doesn't create it."

"The comfortable lie is often preferred over the uncomfortable truth."

"Curiosity is the only immunity against willful ignorance."

"Great reporting is about seeing what others have overlooked."

"Integrity cannot be manufactured or recovered once it's lost."

"The questions we ask determine the answers we receive."

"Fear is the enemy of clear thinking and honest reporting."

"Every person has a story worth telling, if you listen carefully enough."

"The world doesn't need more noise; it needs more signal."

"Perspective is everything; without it, we see only shadows."

"The pursuit of truth is never a waste of time, even when it leads nowhere."

"Arrogance in journalism is the precursor to error."

"We all live in bubbles of our own making; the trick is recognizing it."

"The best stories are about the spaces between what is said and what is true."

"Authority without accountability breeds corruption."

"A thoughtful question is more valuable than a hastily formed answer."

"Time is the ultimate editor; it reveals what truly mattered."

"The danger of certainty is that it closes the door to understanding."

"Real change begins with someone being willing to ask difficult questions."

"We become what we repeatedly watch and listen to."

"The cost of comfort is often the price of truth."

"History teaches us that power without wisdom leads to tragedy."

"The human story is the only story that really matters."

"Progress requires that we challenge what we've always assumed to be true."

"Respect is earned through consistency between words and actions."

"The most dangerous person is one who thinks they have nothing left to learn."

"Good journalism is about holding up a mirror, not a distorting lens."

"We cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them."

"The pursuit of certainty is the death of understanding."