Who said good night and good luck

And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

Good night, and good luck. Murrow : We'll split the advertising, Fred and I. He just won't have any presents for his kids at Christmas. Sig Mickelson : He's a Jew. Murrow : Well don't tell him that. He loves Christmas. William Paley : There's a Knickerbocker game tonight, I've got front row seats. Are you interested? Murrow : I'm a little busy bringing down the network tonight, Bill. Murrow : We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this.

But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late. Murrow : To those who say people wouldn't look; they wouldn't be interested; they're too complacent, indifferent and insulated, I can only reply: There is, in one reporter's opinion, considerable evidence against that contention.

But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate, then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost.

This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box. Murrow : What'd the general have to say? Fred Friendly : It was a colonel. Two of them. Murrow : That makes a general. Murrow : Funny thing, Freddie, every time you light a cigarette for me, I know you're lying.

Murrow : Did you know that Shirley and Joe are married? Fred Friendly : Yeah. Murrow : Did everybody know? Murrow : You always were yellow. Fred Friendly : Better than red. Don Hollenbeck : I could use a scotch.

Murrow : I think everyone could use a scotch. Murrow : We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. You've heard this from the George Clooney-directed movie of the same name, which was a dramatization of this famous episode. And if any of your friends want to be news anchors, you've heard them say this line as they practice fake news broadcasts. If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back?

Here it is, on a scale of There's a certain level of pretentiousness necessary to tell everyone what's newsworthy, but it's not off the charts. And hey, at the end of the day, this is just a way to sign off. Quotes Shmoop will make you a better lover Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis April 15, Why did George Clooney write Goodnight Goodluck?

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