Roger Ailes quotes
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“Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.”
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“If you have a choice between qualifications and personal qualities when it comes to hiring people, go with personal qualities. You can teach them the job.”
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“To determine whether or not you have the ingredients to be charismatic, answer the following questions: What are your real feelings about who you are? What do you believe in? Do you have goals or a mission in life? Do you project optimism? Do others turn to you for leadership? Noncharismatic people spend their lives auditioning for others and hoping they'll be accepted. Charismatic people don't doubt their ability to add value to a situation, so they move forward with their mission.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Roger Ailes (2012). “You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are”, p.106, Crown Business
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“Most of the media bullshit you about who they are. We don’t. We’re not programming to conservatives, we’re just not eliminating their point of view.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "Roger Ailes, Polarizing Ex-Fox News Chief, Dies at 77" by Paul Bond, May 18, 2017.
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“I only understand friendship or scorched earth.”
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“You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.”
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“Does Rupert like me? I think so, but it doesn't matter. When I go up to the magic room in the sky every three months, if my numbers are right, I get to live. If not, I'm killed. Our relationship isn't about love-it's about arithmetic. Survival means hitting your numbers. I've met or exceeded mine in 56 straight quarters. The reason is: I treat Rupert's money like it is mine.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "Roger Ailes calls Obama 'lazy' in new biography as book war gets under way" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2013.
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“I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "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.
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“I want to elect the next president.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "The Loudest Voice in the Room". Book by Gabriel Sherman, January 14, 2014.
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“I often tell my clients they should do at least 30 percent of all their reading outside their own field. This will give them perspective and knowledge that will make them more interesting.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Roger Ailes (2012). “You Are the Message: Getting What You Want by Being Who You Are”, p.82, Crown Business
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“They [NPR] are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "NPR Is 'Left Wing Of Nazism' Says Fox News Chairman". The Daily Beast Interview, www.businessinsider.com. November 18, 2010.
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“Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "Exclusive Excerpt: Roger Ailes Off Camera" by Zev Chafets, www.vanityfair.com. March 6, 2013.
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“I'm very confident in the management team, very confident in the on-air people. That's the whole secret to everything. It's having people who love to work where they're working and want to win.”
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“It's better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "Roger Ailes Fights Back: CNN 'Out of News Business'; Megyn Kelly Critics 'Jealous'; Dismisses New Book". Interview with Michael O'Connell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 8, 2014.
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“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.”
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“You can get people the qualifications; But you can't teach them the qualities they're going to need. You can't teach integrity, a drive for excellence, refusal to quit under pressure. It's too late to build that into people you're going to hire.”
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“You cover the bad news about America. You do. But you don't get up in the morning hating your country. And so, until somebody shows me lines at the border trying to get out, I think there's some good news.”
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“I think the media is dangerously close to creating their own product. They used to cover the product, which was whatever's happening.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
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“Don't back off on traditional values. It's important to show respect and tolerance for others, but they must show the same respect for your values. Tolerance is a two-way street.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
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“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.”
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“My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.”
-- Roger AilesSource : "Roger Ailes Off Camera". Book by Ze'ev Chafets, www.vanityfair.com. 2013.
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“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.”
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“When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
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“If you're running because you want a job that's prestigious or because you have this vague knowledge that you're better than everybody else, you're easier to beat.”
-- Roger AilesSource : Source: www.campaignsandelections.com
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