Andy Rooney Quotes

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  • The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

  • ... all of us talk faster than we listen.

    Faster  
  • I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you don't dare let the day go by without making an offering, whether you mean it or not. Money exceeds affection.

  • 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.

  • I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

    Government   Want   Might  
  • Republicans ... are conservatives who think it would be best if we faced the fact that people are no damned good. They think that if we admit that we have selfish, acquisitive natures and then set out to get all we can for ourselves by working hard for it, that things will be better for everyone. They are not insensitive to the poor, but tend to think the poor are impoverished because they won't work. They think there would be fewer of them to feel sorry for if the government did not encourage the proliferation of the least fit among us with welfare programs.

  • I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

    Iran   Wish   Literature  
  • I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

    War   Believe   Mind  
    "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.
  • People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

    Believe   People   Facts  
    Andy Rooney (2009). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.259, PublicAffairs
  • Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

  • The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.

    Solitude   Mind   Way  
    Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.129, PublicAffairs
  • The one affectation I have forced on the publisher... are my apostrophe-free ellisions. Because I write my scripts to read myself, I dont spell 'don't' with an apostrophe. I spell it 'dont'. We all know the word and it seems foolish to put in an extraneous apostrophe. Punctuation marks are devices we use to make the meaning of sentences clear. There is nothing confusing about a word like 'dont' printed without an apostrophe to indicate an omitted letter.

    "Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes". Book by Andy Rooney (Foreword, p. 13), 2003.
  • My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

    Ideas   Advice   Waiting  
  • The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.

  • Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.

    Money   Dimes   Bending  
  • I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.

    Country   Hate   Thinking  
    "Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit".
  • I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

    People   Months  
  • I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.

    Football   Hate   Years  
    "Journalist Andy Rooney Dies at 92" by Joel Siegel, abcnews.go.com. November 5, 2011.
  • Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

    Baseball   Gun   Thinking  
  • The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.

    Kids   Games   Lame  
  • Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

    News   Literature   Fine  
  • A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.

    Andy Rooney (2009). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.256, PublicAffairs
  • If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

    Love   Happiness   Smile  
  • Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?

    Real   Men   Eating  
  • One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents.

    "Great lines from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney". www.cnn.com. November 5, 2011.
  • We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.

    Cousin   Atheist   Smart  
    Andy Rooney (2009). “Sincerely, Andy Rooney”, p.225, Hachette UK
  • You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time.

    Airplane   Missing   Bus  
  • I've learned... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

  • Finding the tool is often half the battle.

    Battle   Tools   Half  
  • Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.

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    Andy Rooney

    • Born: January 14, 1919
    • Died: November 4, 2011
    • Occupation: Writer