Megyn Kelly Quotes
Journalist
When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.
The people, as much as it's fun to hate us, they need us. They need good, strong, skeptical journalists to be covering whoever it is - whether it's Barack Obama or President Donald Trump.
I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through.
I've lived in New York state almost my entire life, so my votes never count.
I was popular, and I enjoyed that, and my mother kept telling me I better take typing so I'd have something to fall back on. I didn't know what the future held, but once I got my law degree, I started to feel like, 'OK, I'm a serious person.'
Donald Trump and the First Amendment, it's not a beautiful match; it's not a match made in heaven. Between the free speech rights that he has not defended and the freedom of the press, which he has not defended, it's problematic.
I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up.
I came from a middle-class family. My dad was a professor; my mom was a nurse. I didn't come from money, and I didn't come from circles of power. I didn't come from the country club; I came from the town park.
You know, I was not an attractive child - I never had a cute face.
I keep my head down, my mouth shut and work hard.
The viewer I picture in my mind when I do 'The Kelly File' is a woman who's had a long day, either with the kids or at work, or both.
I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I don't want to be an opinion anchor.
I'm a news anchor; I'm not an ideologue.
I don't like the women who stand up for the empowerment of women at the expense of men. They try to demonize men, and they try to suggest men all want to keep us down, which is one of the reasons why I don't like that label 'feminist.'
I was a big Jay Leno fan, so I was sorry to see him go. But my number one person that I watch, she's not late night, but in terms of the comedian genre, is Ellen DeGeneres - love her.
A woman can be harassed and then go on to have a good working relationship with the man harassing her.
I was brought up in an environment to believe that my opinion was important, that I had something to say, and that it was no less powerful because I was young, a girl, at the time really unattractive, definitely not the smartest kid in the class.
Once I found professional happiness, it gave me time to think about other areas in my life in which I wasn't happy. The next obvious candidate for introspection was my marriage.
In life and in politics, it's helpful to try to perceive the other person through the most generous lens.
I think people have an idea of what Fox News is. If people don't watch Fox News, then it's just a caricature, it's not real, they have it in their heads that it's something very different than what it actually is.
I'm the worst tweeter ever. I don't know what I'm doing. I really don't.
The relative lack of power of certain minority groups, and the fear they're feeling in the wake of Donald Trump's election, is something I think we really need to take a look at.
If you behave like a stupid moron, you're going to get called out by me.
Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it.
Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.
If I'm going to turn on the television, it's going to be the Fox News channel.
I think that 'Fox News' is fair and balanced.
Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.
It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.
I have to tell you I enjoy Jon Stewart. That's the truth. I actually think he's very funny. I've paid to see him do his stand-up routine.
I'm a struggling guitar player.
Men should have more time with their newborn babies.
There are women who literally squeeze a baby out of their bodies or get cut open in major surgery, have a human being, the next generation of the human race pulled from their bodies, and within a couple of weeks have to go back to work, because if they don't, they can't pay their bills. Something's wrong with that.
In another life - and as I like to say, another body - I used to teach aerobics.
What I don't like is talking points.
Television is a service, but it's also a business.
I have respect for my fellow journalists at the other networks, and I wish them all well. This is a tough business, so good for them.
I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.
The truth is I don't watch a lot of news, except for when I'm here at the office watching Fox News. I get my news online primarily when I'm not watching the channel.
Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn't ask. And sometimes that's perceived as bias by people who've grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets.
I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.
I have the humor of a 9-year-old boy, and sometimes I've had laughing fits on-air.
As a lawyer, I could engage in killer litigation with the best of them. It was war, after all.
There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me.
I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important to me.
When I went to law school, which I put myself through for $100,000 dollars of debt, I didn't expect anybody to pay for my health insurance, which I had none of. No health insurance.
If I were Sarah Palin, would I want to sit in an interview with someone who was secretly out to get me? Probably not.
Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.
Television can be a very fickle place.
I still don't consider myself a fashion girl.
Obviously, I'm in a visual business, and people will talk to me about my appearance.
When I was in 10th grade, I took one of those tests that's supposed to tell you what you should be when you grow up. The test told me that I should be a journalist.
I - listen, racism - being a racist is the worst thing you can say about somebody. I mean, it is such a charged accusation. And I really think people should be very careful before they level that.
Just because you might have a sparring match on the air doesn't mean there's any personal animosity.
Before I got into TV, I wasn't fashionable at all.
I'm not a barbarian.
I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers, I like reading the blogs, I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.
If you're wearing a pair of shoes that's a little flashy, then it's important not to be flashy up top and vice versa.
Typically, you get a year in prison for making a threat to assassinate the president.
I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me!
Somebody saying something offensive to you or insulting to you is not pleasant, but it's part of life.
I never felt that I had the natural intellectual gifts that the people who graduate first in their class from Harvard Law had.
What is it about a baby bump that makes people feel it's okay to say things like, 'God! You are big!'
I want to see my kids for dinner. I want to put them down at night. I want to see their soccer games after school.
I would be lying if I said it wasn't cool to see myself on the cover of 'Vanity Fair,' right? It's, like, what am I doing there? This is bizarre.
Why can't there be an acknowledgment that, in some instances, women remove themselves from the workforce for a long time, and when they come back, of course they're not going to get exactly equal pay?
I think my viewers want smart, honest programming. They don't want to be told what makes them feel good.
I don't see myself as some television star; I see myself as a girl from Albany.
I see it as this: I send my kids to school not only to learn how to read and write and do math, but also to develop socially. So if there's a negative interaction between my child and another child, what I want to know is, how was it handled, what lessons came out of it, and, of course, is my child okay?
I knew Andrew Breitbart very well, and he was great. I loved him. He was a true provocateur who would be fun about it, you know.
While I don't think Trump wants to target any particular minority group, I understand their fear because he spent many months stoking it.
There is no question that Hannity is a conservative. But I can tell you from personal experience after having worked with O'Reilly for years now, you never know where he is going to come out on an issue. He definitely leans right when it comes to certain social, traditional value issues, but he's all over the board on certain other issues.
Print reporters have the opportunity to go so much more in depth in certain stories than television reporters do because they're working on stories for months at a time.
I always feel like I want more time with my kids. But I reject the notion that you can't have it all. I think you can: just not necessarily in abundance.
You will never catch me in a dress without a pair of Spanx and a bra.
This is the U.S.A., and it's the most glorious place to live in the world.
We have to ask the tough questions.
If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman.
The news changes every day. So it's not like being involved in any litigation that goes on for four years, and the trial lasts three months.
I'm conservative on some things, and I'm not on others.
There have been so many times when I challenged Republicans on air - in big moments.
Nobody really knows my true feelings on a lot of issues.
I believe that I can do more for women by being the best at what I do in the role that I have than going out and just talking about how women are awesome and you shouldn't mess with them.
The best answer and the best way forward to young women out there who want to get ahead is work your tail off. Work harder than everybody. Be better than everybody else. Do better. Try harder.
When Roger Ailes hired me, he knew I was the daughter of a college professor and a nurse. There was nothing in this resume that would telegraph, 'She's a secret conservative.'
I was never lined up outside of my bosses office saying 'Give me an opportunity; there's not a woman in primetime'... I was just trying to be so good they couldn't ignore me.
You want to know what I love most about myself? I'll tell you the truth: My clavicle. I think I have a nice clavicle.
I'm not going to say how I vote... I love that people make these assumptions about you because you work at Fox... That's my job: to be contrarian, to push people.
I don't like that word: feminist.
In law, especially back in '95 when I was breaking in, it was much more of an old boys' network.
Oftentimes it feels like Fox stands alone in the media on certain stories.
I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.
I had more sexist encounters as a lawyer than I had as a journalist.
I don't understand these politicians who want to be president and complain when they get a tough interview.
I think the most effective managers in the world have a team that wants to jump through brick walls for them.
I was always a strong personality. I was never an introvert.
I can give anyone a hard time.
In TV, a woman helping another woman break in? Not that common.
I'm an independent.