I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.
— Roger Ailes
My first qualification is I didn't go to Columbia Journalism School.
I like talent. I respect talent. I teach talent.
In a capitalistic society, success is determined by whether you can pay the bills.
I've been an underdog all my life.
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.
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.
I like Bloomberg; he's a friend.
The contributions being made by Latinos are extraordinary, and we need to talk about them.
When the press falls in love, they fall in love hard.
Van Jones has one job: to stir up racism, whether he can find it or not.
The news business is simple, but it's not easy to do well.
Listen, we elected Warren G. Harding. Anybody has a chance.
I've been kicked out of every damn church I've ever belonged to.
Fox News has a very-high-income audience, and I think that any business channel automatically draws that. We're not gonna reach for a lower financial demographic.
I'm not trying to be anyone. You know why other executives always hire phonies? Because they're phonies. They hire phonies because they like phonies. They're comfortable with them.
A lot of what we do at Fox is blue-collar stuff.
I'd like to hire Hillary Clinton. She looks unhappy at the State Department. She'd get ratings.
If you're making money, and you've hit your targets for five years, you don't need to demand a new contract.
People who watch news are pretty smart. Most of them don't just go to one channel for all their news anyway.
There is a tendency in the media to simplify me to the point that I am somehow a tough guy. I think there is a lot more to me.
I would like to be on 'Dancing with the Stars.'
I didn't give up my citizenship to create and run a news organization.
CNBC was completely in the dumper when I went there.
Money will find you if people believe in your message.
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.
Do I take alternative points of view? Yes, because all the media are going in another direction.
Anybody who knows me knows that half the time I'm saying things with a somewhat humorous overtone.
All business is basically about customers and marketing and making money and capitalism and winning and promoting it and having something someone really wants.
I want clean water and clean air and conservation... that's not what extreme environmentalists are all about. For them, it is a religion. They believe in trees and animals, not God.
I believe most people think the economy is very important.
I believe business news is general news.
You cannot allow whether someone likes you or not to alter your course of action. Sometimes I think, 'Sure, that hurts my feelings.' But it's not so important that I will adjust what I'm doing because someone is not going to like me.
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.
I've got a bad leg; I'm a little overweight, so I can't run fast, but I will fight.
I don't tell Rupert Murdoch who to endorse.
Television is not a gimmick.
David Dinkins was a financial disaster personally - and as an administrator. That is what the record shows.
I want to prove that a fat guy can get to 100 still working.
I don't care about my legacy. It's too late. My enemies will create it, and they'll push it.
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.
My toughest job every day is maintaining intensity with myself and with my staff.
A guy who gets fired and humiliated in the press can lose a lot of confidence.
I don't pay a lot of attention to communist infiltrators.
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.
Usually, there are three or four major news spikes per year.
I could never be elected.
Who's like Bill O'Reilly? If there was somebody like Bill O'Reilly, they'd be out there getting ratings. No matter how much the mainstream press dumps on him, the guy constantly delivers an interesting show. He's unique.
The press is supposed to watch the powerful. And not throw in with them.
It would be a lie to say that I don't care what people say about me. Every human being cares unless they're nuts. Am I nuts? But you can't allow that to override your mission.
