110+ Bill O'Reilly Quotes On Education, Politics And And Management

Bill O'Reilly was an American journalist, political commentator, and former television host. He was the host of the popular Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor from 1996 to 2017. He was known for his conservative views and was one of the most popular political commentators in the United States. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bill O'Reilly on leadership, education, politics.

Top 10 Bill O'Reilly Quotes

1. There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.
2. Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.
3. Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it's completed (and then double-check the results). These habits will make you indispensable.
4. He [Barak Obama]'s a guy from Chicago. He doesn't know what the hell to do. He's got a big pipe with a hole in it.
5. At the end of the day, every child has learned the Lesson of Spin: Almost every wrong action can be stripped of consequences, along with the need for feelings of guilt and remorse.
6. If some heterosexual wants to be gay, so what? Let him go. It's less competition for the heterosexual single guys.
7. Like a brain surgeon who drinks a martini when he's not on call, the successful kids in your school may smoke pot on occasion, but they are not stoners.
8. Tide comes in, tide goes out, you can't explain it!
9. That's my advice to all homosexuals, whether they're in the Boy Scouts, or in the Army or in high school: Shut up, don't tell anybody what you do, your life will be a lot easier.
10. Saddam Hussein... I believe is involved with this World Trade Center and Pentagon bombing. I believe that you're going to find out that money from Iraq flowed in and helped this happen.

Bill O'Reilly Short Quotes

• This country is a better place because Fox News has succeeded.
• You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC.
• I used to be a wicked disco guy.
• It's an excellent movie. Really excellent.
• I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment.
• The white establishment is now the minority.
• Oregon is outflanking California as the most left wing state in the union.
• President Ted Cruz is going to send the feds to his house, take him out and put him on a plane.
• Women have a right, I believe, to do whatever they want as long as they don't break the law.
• I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.

Bill O'Reilly Quotes About People

It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period. — Bill O'Reilly

Hitler and Joseph Goebbels understood that if you say something loud and long enough many people will believe it. A good journalist's first priority should be to separate propaganda from fact - but sometimes its very hard to do that. — Bill O'Reilly

Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth. — Bill O'Reilly

For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. — Bill O'Reilly

Jobs that cannot be delivered must never be promised. It's unfair to raise people's hopes that way. — Bill O'Reilly

You know, look, if I could strangle these people and not go to hell and get executed, I would, but I can't. — Bill O'Reilly

There are people who don`t like women holding power. — Bill O'Reilly

I shouldn't have called out Will Ferrell, but I am getting a little fed up with these people.You want to support Bernie Sanders, knock yourself out. Does he know what Bernie stands for? Does he know what Bernie wants? And I submit to you, he doesn't. — Bill O'Reilly

I don't need the approval of the press, but I just wish they'd stop the viciousness....I never felt sorry for people like Lindsay Lohan in my life. I thought they were dopey little movie stars. Now I feel sorry for those people. — Bill O'Reilly

I'm not going to change. Why would I change? I don't tweet like Donald Trump. I'm not on Facebook. I should amend that. I don't attack people using tweets, and I don't do the Facebook and I'm not going to - that's not my job. — Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly Famous Quotes And Sayings

Will African-Americans break away from the pack thinking and reject immorality-- because that's the reason the family's breaking apart--alcohol, drugs, infidelity. You have to reject that, and it doesn't seem--and I'm broadly speaking here, but a lot of African-Americans won't reject it — Bill O'Reilly

I just think Barack [Obama], he doesn't dig being asked at all. He's got a bit of an imperious nature about him. I guess nobody has told him that nobody reads newspapers anymore. That is a dying art form. — Bill O'Reilly

I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit. — Bill O'Reilly

If you the American citizen leave a child in a hot car and that child was harmed by that you will be charged with negligence even if your action was unintentional. — Bill O'Reilly

I'll tell you what. I've been in combat. I've seen it, I've been close to it... and if my unit is danger, and I've got a captured guy, and the guy knows where the enemy is, and I'm looking him in the eye, the guy better tell me. That's all I'm gonna tell you. The guy better tell me. If it's life or death, he's going first. — Bill O'Reilly

I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the culture. The same way you can't bring it into fundamental Islam. — Bill O'Reilly

I'm calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and does all the things that hurt particularly the poor in our society. — Bill O'Reilly

America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have vanished. — Bill O'Reilly

When you call us, ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, we do have your phone number. And if you say anything untoward, obscene or anything like that, FOX security then will contact your local authorities, and you will be held accountable. — Bill O'Reilly

If you are a kid in America, and you live in a secular home and go to public school, you know nothing about Jesus of Nazareth. The only time you hear the word Jesus is when somebody's yelling at you - Jesus, okay? — Bill O'Reilly

If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again. — Bill O'Reilly

You want to have two guys making out in front of your 4-year-old? It's OK with them. A guy smoking a joint, blowing the smoke into your little kid's face? OK with them. And I'm not exaggerating here. This is exactly what the secular movement stands for. — Bill O'Reilly

I'm enamored of any person, a young person, a lesbian, straight, gay guy who wants to go over and kill bad guys for me and my family. That blows me away. — Bill O'Reilly

We have a lot of villains in the world, all right? And the Catholic doctrine says turn the other cheek, the Christian doctrine. But if you turn the other cheek, you could be annihilated. So when is it justifiable to defend yourself and take aggressive action in that regard, like dropping drones on people? — Bill O'Reilly

Millions of American families are dealing with teenage pregnancy... It is true that some Americans will judge Governor Palin and her family. There's nothing anyone can do about it. — Bill O'Reilly

If you cross Fox News Channel, it's not just me, it's Roger Ailes who will go after youThe person gets what's coming to them but never sees it coming. Look at Al Franken, one day he's going to get a knock on his door and life as he's known it will change forever. That day will happen, trust me. — Bill O'Reilly

I think that the terrible, disgraceful coverage actually got Donald Trump elected, along with Hillary Clinton's inability to connect with voters on any level. That's another thing, she was a terrible candidate. — Bill O'Reilly

You know what's really frightening? You (Jon Stewart) actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote. — Bill O'Reilly

Tom Hanks has taken George Clooney's place as the big-hitter driving a lot of liberal causes. — Bill O'Reilly

The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. We're Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else. That is a compelling argument. And to deny that, you've got to have a very strong argument on the other side. And the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the Bible ... I support civil unions, I always have. All right, the gay marriage thing, I don't feel that strongly about it one way or the other. — Bill O'Reilly

At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice. How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one. — Bill O'Reilly

Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few. — Bill O'Reilly

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in. — Bill O'Reilly

Barack Obama will go down alongside George W. Bush in that realm as middling presidents because both made too many mistakes to be categorized as an effective, good president. — Bill O'Reilly

Hanks' ideology first came into our zone shortly after 9/11, when he criticized me for asking Hollywood telethon stars to become more aggressive in getting the money to 9/11 families. — Bill O'Reilly

It's just as much a stretch to believe in God as it is to be an Atheist — Bill O'Reilly

Once the war against Saddam begins, we expect every American to support our military, and if they can't do that, to shut up. — Bill O'Reilly

We do know that the Bandido gang in Houston does drug deal. There are a bunch of people being convicted for heavyweight narcotics trafficking from the gang. — Bill O'Reilly

In a country where people's attention span is short and they are holding the clicker in their hand, and they got a hundred other options, you have to basically understand what the audience is responding to. If you don't, you're going to fail. — Bill O'Reilly

We told you this would happen, if gay marriage is legalized, then much chaos would follow. — Bill O'Reilly

All I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the questions, and if they can't, explain why. — Bill O'Reilly

There are a lot of very brilliant scholars who believe the reason we have incomplete science on evolution is that there is a higher power involved in this. — Bill O'Reilly

Donald Trump is an entertainer. Okay. He goes on shows like Howard Stern's to get people to watch his program. "The Apprentice" or buy his books or whatever. When he goes in there, he back then when it happened was basically trying to entertain. All right. So he had no public policy on his mind, none of that. All right. He's an entertain. — Bill O'Reilly

The Denver Post has actually hired an editor to promote pot. — Bill O'Reilly

The New York Times is most definitely a left-wing concern that is openly contemptuous of the conservative, traditional point of view. That is the primary reason the paper may soon dissolve. — Bill O'Reilly

It is not wrong or bigoted to believe American society is stronger and that the family unit is better served when marriage is between a man and a woman. It is also not wrong for homosexual Americans to want to get as much parity as they can. — Bill O'Reilly

You either fight active evil or you accept it. Doing nothing is acceptance. There is no in-between. — Bill O'Reilly

Back in 1998, he [Tom Hanks] gave the maximum amount of money that he could to Bill Clinton's defense fund. This is a man who was against gay marriage, as was Hillary Clinton. — Bill O'Reilly

I like Barack Obama as a person and I think he is a sincere man. I think he and his wife conducted themselves magnificently in the White House. There's not a better role model for American kids to watch Barack and Michelle Obama, so all of that is off-the-chart positive. — Bill O'Reilly

We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore. — Bill O'Reilly

There's a very secret plan. And it's a plan that nobody's going to tell you, 'Well, we want to diminish Christian philosophy in the U.S.A. because we want X, Y, and Z.' They'll never ever say that. But I'm kind of surprised they went after Christmas because it's such an emotional issue. — Bill O'Reilly

For some reason, President Obama is being heckled about "don't ask, don't tell," which may be revoked. The president wants gays to be allowed to serve openly in the military. — Bill O'Reilly

It (broadcast journalism) is a brutal arena where the knives are sharp and the toughest Kevlar vest in the world will not protect you forever. — Bill O'Reilly

Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony. — Bill O'Reilly

My job is to watch the powerful. It's a simple job description, watch powerful people and make sure they don't hurt the folks. — Bill O'Reilly

As a final example, let's remember Jeremy Glick, whose father died in the World Trade Center. After his name appeared in an ad opposing war in Iraq, Mr. Glick was invited on The Factor .. I'm not going to dress you down anymore. — Bill O'Reilly

My tact is that you don't change the definition of marriage for one group, homosexuals, because you have to change it for all the groups. So you don't do it, particularly if people in California vote on it, don't want it, they think that the heterosexuality is a societal stabilizer. — Bill O'Reilly

Traditionalists like me believe the USA has become strong because of its core values, the freedom, individual responsibility and institutions like traditional marriage, which foster common goals. — Bill O'Reilly

I think the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals abused its power all day long. — Bill O'Reilly

I think Pope Francis is a guy who comes from a certain place in the world, and that shapes how he processes things. He's like a liberation theology guy, but I think that what he's done is focused the Catholic Church where it should be - on the poor. — Bill O'Reilly

I've done more for the 9/11 families, by their own admission, I've done more for them than you will ever hope to do so you keep your mouth shut. — Bill O'Reilly

And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama. Overwhelming black vote for President Obama. And women will probably break President Obamas way. People feel that they are entitled to things and which candidate, between the two, is going to give them things? — Bill O'Reilly

No matter how much evidence we uncover about this case or any others involving Mr. Clinton, millions of Americans simply will not care - they will excuse the corruption because they like Bill Clinton. — Bill O'Reilly

Stand up, be counted. We have the numbers. — Bill O'Reilly

Dan Rather is guilty of not being skeptical enough about a story that was politically loaded. — Bill O'Reilly

I've been saying that all along, that if you open the door for gay marriage, then you have to have the polygamists and the triads and the commune people and everybody else, right? — Bill O'Reilly

Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in play. Society has no obligation to try to rehabilitate evil. — Bill O'Reilly

My inspiration comes from that and so I wrote ‘Killing Jesus,’ because I think I was directed to write that. — Bill O'Reilly

Now Moore, Jennifer Moore, 18, on her way to college. She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff. Now, again, there you go. So every predator in the world is gonna pick that up at two in the morning. She's walking by herself on the West Side Highway, and she gets picked up by a thug. All right. Now she's out of her mind, drunk. — Bill O'Reilly

I've got nothing against gay marriage, it's not my issue. All right, I want homosexual Americans to be happy and to pursue happiness. — Bill O'Reilly

I think the secret to success is a short-term outlook. So for example, I'm writing the next Killing book now and I have to just make every chapter compelling, so I can't get too far ahead of it. I just stay in the present and then go over what I have to do. — Bill O'Reilly

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public. — Bill O'Reilly

Each segment has to pay off, so you have to look at it in a very, very micro-level and make each chapter in the book, each segment on a TV show, entertaining and informative, and if you do that then a cumulative affect will be success. — Bill O'Reilly

Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps. — Bill O'Reilly

I think I understand the Constitution a little bit because in 1971 we went off the gold standard under President Nixon into the Federal Reserve notes because we were a worldwide currency. — Bill O'Reilly

Do the atheists in Wisconsin realize they're going to Hell? Did you ask them that? — Bill O'Reilly

Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don't. Robust debate is good. — Bill O'Reilly

And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.' — Bill O'Reilly

I figure you give Donald trump two years to see if his approach works, the business rather than the political approach. You'll see at the end of two years if new jobs are being created, money flow comes back from overseas, all of that, the immigration chaos subsides. You got to give him two years, but I think I know what he's trying to do and you know we'll watch it. — Bill O'Reilly

The one thing the police cannot protect us from is a politician like Bill de Blasio. — Bill O'Reilly

In primetime cable television today, the anchor or anchors, with an "s", have to drive the hour. The anchor has to be skilled enough to take it over. So if I find that it's getting boring or I'm not getting information I want, I'll take it over. I'll do a soliloquy, I'll ask an outrageous question, I'll wave my arms in the air, I'll lift it myself. It's like a quarterback that's back to pass and nobody's open. — Bill O'Reilly

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion. — Bill O'Reilly

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use them to make money. — Bill O'Reilly

Unlike abortion nobody gets hurt when gays marry but it does have deep implications for what kind of society we want to be. Therefore, individual states should decide the question. — Bill O'Reilly

George W. Bush cannot out-talk Al Gore. Period. Mr. Gore thinks faster on his feet and is much more verbal. So if that is the criteria, Gore won the debate. But if that is the criteria, Don Rickles should be President. — Bill O'Reilly

Think about this - some of us actively fighting to remove Saddam Hussein don't agree with the cause themselves, but they're doing their duty. And it is our duty as loyal Americans to shut up once the fighting begins, unless - unless facts prove the operation wrong, as was the case in Vietnam. — Bill O'Reilly

Right now in Oregon anybody can open a saloon, and hire people to come in and have sex in front of their patrons. — Bill O'Reilly

It's very difficult to pin down the President of the United States without subpoena powers. — Bill O'Reilly

I don't know of any government leaders that are killers. — Bill O'Reilly

There isn't any reason to dislike people with whom you disagree. I have lots of friends who don't agree with me. — Bill O'Reilly

It won't take weeks... Our military machine will crush Iraq in a matter of days and there's no question that it will. — Bill O'Reilly

We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no. — Bill O'Reilly

Life Lessons by Bill O'Reilly

1. Bill O'Reilly emphasizes the importance of hard work and dedication, teaching us that with enough effort and determination, success is achievable.
2. He also encourages us to stay informed and be critical of the news we consume, teaching us to think for ourselves and be wary of biased or inaccurate information.
3. Finally, he emphasizes the value of resilience, showing us that even when faced with adversity, we can still find a way to move forward and keep going.