Morley Safer

"Context is king; without it, facts become lies."

"Humility is the beginning of wisdom and the end of foolishness."

"The untold story is often more powerful than the story everyone knows."

"To speak truth to power, you must first be free from fear of it."

"The best teachers are those who admit what they don't know."

"Our silences are often more revealing than our words."

"The world is changed by those willing to be unpopular in its pursuit."

"Every generation thinks it invented integrity; every generation is wrong."

"The dangerous assumption is that others think as you do."

"Time spent understanding is never time wasted."

"Power without conscience is just tyranny with better PR."

"The complexity of the world demands humility from those who report it."

"To be truly informed, you must question all sources, including yourself."

"The stories we tell shape the world we create."

"Indifference is the greatest enemy of truth."

"A free press is not a luxury; it's a necessity for any free society."

"The past is never as fixed as we'd like to believe."

"Understanding requires suspending judgment long enough to listen."

"The real story is usually hidden beneath the surface narrative."

"Progress is made by those who are brave enough to be wrong in public."

"Every voice carries truth; every voice carries bias."

"The measure of a culture is how it treats those at its margins."

"Lazy thinking is the birthplace of prejudice."

"The unexamined assumption is the most dangerous kind."

"To report fairly is to report completely, even when it's inconvenient."

"The future belongs to those who understand the past."

"Silence in the face of injustice is a choice, not a neutrality."

"The most important part of learning is learning how to learn."

"Perspective without empathy is just judgment with distance."

"The world needs fewer certainties and more questions."