Rupert Murdoch

Media mogul

Contemporary influential 83 sayings

Sayings by Rupert Murdoch

I'm an old man, but I still like to stir things up.

1999 — Interview with The Economist
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I get up every day and I say, 'What can I do to annoy the establishment?'

2008 — Interview with The New York Times
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I don't think I'm a particularly good manager. I'm a good entrepreneur.

2007 — Interview with The Guardian
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

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I'm not in it for the money. I'm in it for the influence.

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We are a news company. We're not a government agency.

2012 — Testimony to Leveson Inquiry
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I've been called a lot of things. I've been called a monster. I've been called a mogul. I've been called a lot of things.

2011 — Interview with The Wall Street Journal
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I don't take advice from anyone. I make my own decisions.

2005 — Interview with The Australian
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I'm not a Republican. I'm not a Democrat. I'm a newspaper man.

2010 — Interview with Fox News
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I like to be at the controls.

2007 — Interview with Fortune
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I'm not afraid to make enemies.

2006 — Interview with The Times
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I'm a global citizen. I have no particular loyalty to any one country.

1994 — Interview with The Australian
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I believe in the power of the press. It can change the world.

2000 — Speech at a media conference
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I've always been an outsider.

2007 — Interview with The New York Times
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I'm not a very sentimental person.

2012 — Interview with The Guardian
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I don't think there's any such thing as objective journalism.

2001 — Interview with Charlie Rose
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I'm a very impatient person.

2011 — Interview with The Wall Street Journal
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I like to win. I don't like to lose.

N/A — Interview, unspecified
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I've never been afraid of a fight.

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I'm a capitalist. I believe in free markets.

2010 — Interview with Fox News
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