Top 21 Quotes by Roger Ailes

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.

I quit politics because I hated it.

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

Tell me who you want to see on the Left, and I'll hire them. If you give me a big name that's out there, that's floating around and wants work, I'd be happy to hire them.

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.

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

I only understand friendship or scorched earth.

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 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.