Roger Ailes Quotes

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Roger Ailes

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 15, 1940

I've been thanked a lot in Wendy's, Applebee's, and Marriot hotels, I've never been thanked in Le Cirque, for some reason. I try to spend as little time as possible in Le Cirque; that's not because the food isn't good... I'm not the kind of guy who likes to find his food under his parsley.

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Anybody who knows me knows that half the time I'm saying things with a somewhat humorous overtone.

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Van Jones has one job: to stir up racism, whether he can find it or not.

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I don't pay a lot of attention to communist infiltrators.

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Do I take alternative points of view? Yes, because all the media are going in another direction.

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When the press falls in love, they fall in love hard.

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A guy who gets fired and humiliated in the press can lose a lot of confidence.

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If you've got a big star like O'Reilly, it does overshadow what the hard-news guys do during the day. That's the nature of television.

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The contributions being made by Latinos are extraordinary, and we need to talk about them.

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My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.

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I like Bloomberg; he's a friend.

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I like Marco Rubio. But I don't know about as a vice-presidential candidate. He's a nice guy, and that role requires kicking the crap out of your opponents.

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CNBC was completely in the dumper when I went there.

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I'm constantly trying to invent different ways to do things. If you're going to be a television executive, you have to change with the times.

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I don't care about my legacy. It's too late. My enemies will create it, and they'll push it.

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I didn't give up my citizenship to create and run a news organization.

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There are always people that will rise to the occasion when there is no occasion, but it is hard to find people will do it when there is.

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I want to prove that a fat guy can get to 100 still working.

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I would like to be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'

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I've been an underdog all my life.

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