"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."

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Source : Morley Safer (1990). “Flashbacks: on returning to Vietnam”, Random House Inc

Morley Safer

#Travel Quotes #Views Quotes #World Quotes

“He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good”
“On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat?”
“Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.”
“Education is education, be it verbal or written.”
“If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.”
“So,â€ Royce said, â€œyou want us to escape from this prison, kidnap the king, cross the countryside with him in tow while dodging soldiers who I assume might not accept our side of the story, and go to another secret prison so that he can visit an inmate?â€ Arista did not appear amused. â€œEither that, or you can be tortured to death in four hours.â€ â€œSounds like a really good plan to me,â€ Hadrian declared.â€œRoyce?â€ â€œI like any plan where I donâ€™t die a horrible death.”
“I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad enough that people are deciding to kill people, but at least they have perhaps some moral argument that they're doing it to ultimately defend their families or prevent some greater evil.”
“I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.”

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