Quotes from Cenk Uygur

I think Rachel Maddow has done a brilliant job in becoming more and more independent. And I think she does a fantastic progressive show, and she did it by accruing power, by getting better and better ratings.

If you love what you do, you're going to work hard enough at it in order to succeed. If you don't love what you do, you're never going to be able to work hard enough to make it work.

There is no greater threat to Washington, D.C., than Bernie Sanders, and they know it.

The Republicans love alpha-males, and they're sick of the corruption, too. Not that Trump will do anything about it. But at least he's not bought. And he throws in just the right amount of racism to appeal to the Republican base.

The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them.

In politics, name recognition matters a lot.

It was a terrible idea by the Democrats to support Hillary Clinton.

When I want to relax, it's nine out of 10 times TV or movies. I love going to the movies and grabbing popcorn or watching 'Mad Men,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Breaking Bad.'

If I get hungry, I get cranky on air.

When I was at MSNBC, I had issues with the Obama administration. I got told by the person who runs MSNBC... that Washington was not happy with my tone.

She's going to do what her donors want. That's who Nancy Pelosi is. Not remotely progressive.

The right-wing wants to destroy all the media and replace it with their propaganda.

I hire a lot of hosts, reporters, producers, and I hire people who care about the news.

I have no love for the Republicans, but the Democrats drive me absolutely crazy.

I want to interview Alec Baldwin.

Sixty-nine percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was personally responsible for 9/11 when we invaded Iraq. That is the biggest failure of the media I have ever seen.

How could anyone ever build a company if they didn't have investments? It doesn't make any sense.

Jeremy Corbin is a little too liberal for me.

I grew up in Jersey. I've been to the Jersey Shore countless times. I've lived it.

I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

When's the last time CNN broke an important story or really made the government angry? I literally can't remember. That's because they're built to be inoffensive. They do the opposite of watchdog journalism. They simply pass on the government's message to their audience.

Never, ever get on an American Airlines flight. They will make you wait four hours, and then, when you complain about it, you will be kicked off your flight, and they will rob you of your money.

Unfortunately, a lot of the mainstream media television is so fake, so plastic, that it's really turned off the younger generation.

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.