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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout.
— Andy Rooney
Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion - as long as it agrees with ours.
— Andy Rooney
Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.
— Andy Rooney
The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
— Andy Rooney
I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
— Andy Rooney
There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
— Andy Rooney
Walking is good for the soul.
— Andy Rooney
Numbers are the most certain things we have.
— Andy Rooney
It's just amazing how long this country has been going to hell without ever having got there.
— Andy Rooney
It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
— Andy Rooney
My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.
— Andy Rooney
It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.
— Andy Rooney
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
— Andy Rooney
Milk without fat is like nonalcoholic Scotch.
— Andy Rooney
Finding the tool is often half the battle.
— Andy Rooney
You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.
— Andy Rooney
As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
— Andy Rooney
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
— Andy Rooney
I am an atheist ... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.
— Andy Rooney
The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
— Andy Rooney
Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
— Andy Rooney
If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
— Andy Rooney
We can all be prouder to be human beings, because that's what they were. They make up for a lot of liars, cheats, and terrorists among us.
— Andy Rooney
American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you ... More
— Andy Rooney
The best thing about a vacation is planning it.
— Andy Rooney
Ugly is very popular this year ... I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.
— Andy Rooney
Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.
— Andy Rooney
Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.
— Andy Rooney
If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.
— Andy Rooney
Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.
— Andy Rooney
In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.
— Andy Rooney
Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.
— Andy Rooney
Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.
— Andy Rooney
In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.
— Andy Rooney
Everyone hates war, everyone says.
— Andy Rooney
Dogs are nicer than people.
— Andy Rooney
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
— Andy Rooney
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
— Andy Rooney
The fastest thing computers do is go obsolete.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That money doesn't buy class.
— Andy Rooney
The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.
— Andy Rooney
When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That when you're in love, it shows.
— Andy Rooney
The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
— Andy Rooney
I'm already suspicious of anyone who thinks he or she is smart enough to be president. You'd have to have some ego to believe that about yourself.
— Andy Rooney
I just wish insignificance had more stature.
— Andy Rooney
When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.
— Andy Rooney
Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
— Andy Rooney
In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.
— Andy Rooney
The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.
— Andy Rooney
I've learned ... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
— Andy Rooney
Great teachers are usually a little crazy.
— Andy Rooney
Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
— Andy Rooney
I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.
— Andy Rooney
Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
— Andy Rooney
No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.
— Andy Rooney
I like animals who trust people.
— Andy Rooney
It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.
— Andy Rooney
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
— Andy Rooney
The 50-50-90 rule: anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
— Andy Rooney
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
— Andy Rooney
I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
— Andy Rooney
The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have.
— Andy Rooney
Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
— Andy Rooney
Person-to-person, most people are honest.
— Andy Rooney
Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.
— Andy Rooney
Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter.
— Andy Rooney
Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.
— Andy Rooney