Roger Ailes Quotes

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  • Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.

    Balance   Given   Shows  
  • Reporters have a different point of view and a different job. Consequently, to the extent that you can help them turn in an interesting story that their editor is going to like and that's going to further their careers, they're going to give you more ink and cover you.

    Jobs   Views   Editors  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.

    Dumb   Biden   Spots  
    "Roger Ailes: Obama Is ‘Lazy,’ Biden ‘Dumb As an Ashtray’" by Bill Hoffmann, www.newsmax.com. March 6, 2013.
  • If you're running far behind in the polls and you decide to use comparative advertising, you have to be able to explain to the people why the incumbent shouldn't have then ob.

    Running   People   Use  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was.

    Eras   Opinion   Grew Up  
    "Roger Ailes Fights Back: CNN 'Out of News Business'; Megyn Kelly Critics 'Jealous'; Dismisses New Book (Q&A)". Interview with Michael O'Connell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2014.
  • Taking on the media is something I would never tell a candidate to do. I'd advise him what I would do in that circumstance, but that's about it.

    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.

    Hurt   Fighting   Guy  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad.

    Mean   People   Mad  
  • Truth is whatever people will believe.

  • I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me.

    Jobs   People   Rich  
  • It also has to do with how you look and how you sound. If you look like a mean SOB who's putting the other person down, that's different than if you're inquiring about the process they go through to make a decision on behalf of the public.

    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • You've got to find a difierent approach. You've got to create some interest in your language, in the words and pictures you create. If a candidate can't give a 10-minute speech and have reporters reaching for their pens in the first 90 seconds, he probably shouldn't be running.

    Running   Giving   Speech  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.

    Doctors   Ugly   Fats  
    "Roger Ailes Off Camera". Book by Ze'ev Chafets, www.vanityfair.com. 2013.
  • I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.

    Hot   Rating   Palin  
    "Sarah Palin landed job at Fox News because 'she was hot and got good ratings': Roger Ailes". Interview with Frazier Moore, www.nydailynews.com. October 5, 2011.
  • Anybody's position on an issue, anything they've said about an issue, and any way they've voted on an issue is fair game. You have every right to question that and go after it aggressively.

    Games   Issues   Way  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • To be successful, you've got to get the kind of torque that's created by a push and a pull.

    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • I've been in entertainment, politics, business, business coaching, public affairs, documentaries, programming, news, theater. So, there aren't many things I see that I haven't seen something like that before.

  • I want to elect the next president.

    President   Want   Next  
    "The Loudest Voice in the Room". Book by Gabriel Sherman, January 14, 2014.
  • You better be able to defend it after the attack - so don't stretch it. In other words, if the guy's guilty of A and B, don't make him guilty of A, B, and C. That's what a lot of people do.

    People   Guy   Able  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • Capitalism works. In the end, socialism imploded on itself. Communism imploded on itself. Ultimately jihadism will implode on itself, if we stay in the fight and stay on offense because failed philosophies don't work, there's no future.

  • I only understand friendship or scorched earth.

  • When the media gets into creating their own product and then deciding to cover it, they are becoming part of the process and, therefore, could be damaged.

    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • Television and I grew up together.

    Roger Ailes (2012). “You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are”, p.13, Crown Business
  • Almost everything I do is related to my ability to hire good people. I don't take much of the credit myself. I think I have a good eye.

    Eye   Thinking   People  
  • Just because someone thinks he is being attacked by the media doesn't mean he is. Many times the media actually is being fair, and they're attacking for good reason.

    Mean   Thinking   Media  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • Phrase it in an interesting way; don't phrase it in a mean or unfriendly way. Bob Dole said that if there's anything he would have done differently, he would have said [to George Bush] "Start telling the truth about my record" instead of "Stop lying about my record." Frankly, had he done that, life might be different for Bob Dole today.

    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very sophisticated, and they want to make their own judgments.

    Men   Thinking   People  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • People always describe my successes in life. My successes in life tend to be personal, not career.

  • In the Rather/Bush incident, it was totally unfair. CBS was trying him and convicting him and trying to execute him on national television. They had made up their minds. CBS made the fatal error of trying to become the political opposition to George Bush. And, when they did that, they put themselves in an arena where they can get knocked on their fanny.

    Errors   Political   Mind  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
  • As long asthe audience or the public perceives you to be sincere in your approach and not petty, they will think it's fair and they will wait for the other person's response. But if they sense it's petty or the slightest bit unfair, they'll turn on you right away.

    Thinking   Long   Waiting  
    Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
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    Roger Ailes

    • Born: May 15, 1940
    • Died: May 18, 2017
    • Occupation: Television producer