A biography for Roger Aileshasn’t been written yet.
“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 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.”
“I could never be elected.”
“I've never wanted my kid faced with the idea of, 'Who's the fat guy sitting in the living room? What the hell is he doing?' I figure I might as well go to work so he can say his dad works.”
“I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.”
“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.”
“The contributions being made by Latinos are extraordinary, and we need to talk about them.”
“I don't pay a lot of attention to communist infiltrators.”
“I don't rise to the occasion when there's no occasion.”
“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 did what I did. I went against the grain. And I understand that I would be criticized. Those were all choices.”
“I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings.”
“We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.”
“If you're making money, and you've hit your targets for five years, you don't need to demand a new contract.”
“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.”
“I like Bloomberg; he's a friend.”
“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.”
“If people know you'll go to any lengths for your client, they're less likely to play games with you.”
“Attacking me and Fox News is nothing new - it's a cottage industry.”
“Television and I grew up together.”