The Morning Show Quotes (Season 1)

How nice it is to be so comfortable with someone that you can just sit in silence and not have to talk.

You think people in one town over are gonna be any better? No. Human nature, it’s surprisingly universal, and it’s universally disappointing.[to Bradley]

You cannot keep yourself pure just by moving on every time someone disappoints you.[to Bradley]

The truth matters. Sometimes it’s the only weapon that we have against the powerful men who are trying to shut us up.

The part you guys never seem to realize is that you don’t have the power anymore. The news division is held up by my show. And the only thing keeping us afloat is me. Because guess what? America loves me. And therefore, I own America.

Desperation is not a strong position to make a big move.

We lived a life that we’re never gonna get back. And you’re not my husband, and you’re not my lover, and you’re not my family, and now you can’t be my friend.[to Mitch]

The world is unfair and sad. It’s ugly. And we hide from it in our wealth.

The news is changing. And the news is changing because the people who deliver the news, who showed themselves as honest and decent and trustworthy, have in quite a few cases now proved themselves to be untruthful. And as a result, I think people are wanting more transparency in journalism. I think they want to know the person behind the facade. I think they want to trust that the person that is telling them the truth about the world is an honest person.

People get their horrible news delivered to the palm of their hand 24/7, and they get it the way that they like it, colored the way that they want it. And news is awful, but humanity is addicted to it, and the whole world is depressed by it.[to Chip]

People are just getting too used to their favorite cuddly men turning into monsters, but watching a beloved woman’s breakdown is timeless American entertainment.

Pain is the most innate part of the human experience I can think of.