Roger Ailes Quotes & Sayings

“Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened to collide. I'm at peace. When it comes, I'll be fine, calm. I'll miss life, though. Especially my family.”

“My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.”

“There is a - deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there's a laziness in me.”

“You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.”

“Audiences are shifting. Platforms are shifting. Ages are shifting. It's better to be in charge of change than to have to react to change.”

“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.”

“Growing up in Ohio and just being kind of an average guy from flyover country - my dad was a factory guy - I try to put things on a screen that reflect reality. I don't mind if people want to argue with that, or think that's crazy.”

“If somebody wants to book Alec Baldwin on one of our shows, and he wants to come on and talk to our people and say what he wants, I don't care. We would question him on his choice of words.”

“I quit politics because I hated it.”

“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.”