Roger Ailes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I only understand friendship or scorched earth.”

“I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was.”

“I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.”

“We're not programming to conservatives. We're just not eliminating their point of view.”

“I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray.”

“Television and I grew up together.”

“CNN International, Al-Jazeera and BBC are the same in how they report mostly that America is wrong and bad.”

“I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.”

“CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.”

“I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job.”