129 result(s) for Andy Rooney Quotes.
"The best thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from."
"I’ve learned that the best way to make a fool of yourself is to take yourself too seriously."
"Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use."
"I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you wake up in the morning and nothing remarkable happens to you."
"The thing that I remember most about childhood is that it was a very happy time."
"It's not the way you look when you analyze it. It's the way you feel when you analyze it."
"In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses."
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"People will generally only believe what they read in a textbook."
"A television and a newspaper are all that you need for a good life."
"I never learned anything when I was talking."
"Most of us are taught that we should reach for the stars, but we should be reaching for the moon."
"The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart."
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline."
"At the end of the day, you will realize that you have wasted much of your time worrying about things that never even happened."
"I can't stand another second of this; how about you?"
"You can't get rid of me that easily."
"The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet."
"One of the things that seems to be confusing is the distinction between the way we want it to be and the way it is."
"Happiness is a decision, so is sadness."
"Home is where you feel at home and are treated well."
"The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing—and then they marry him."
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"A writer is someone who can make a living by thinking out loud."
"Every time I make a speech, I come away with a strong feeling that I am involved in communication."
"We're all human. We all want to help, but we can't lose sight of what is real."
"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret."
"I don’t think there’s any reason to be worried about being bored. There’s nothing wrong with being bored."
"The great thing about talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody’s listening."
"Life is like a very long TV show. Don’t let it go to waste."
"We seem to be going through a period of time where the ridiculous is almost taken seriously."
"The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness."
"I can’t imagine why anybody would want to be in the ‘news’ business. It is an unpleasant job."
"It's always something."
"Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees, but if you just take a moment to look around, you might see something worth seeing."
"We are all in this together, and it is the little things that matter."
"There is no point in pretending that time is going to stand still for us."
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"We’ve made a lot of progress, but we still have a long way to go."
"Sometimes the best way to get the lesson is to get it from the people who’ve been there."
"Age is a high price to pay for maturity."
"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with."
"A writer is someone who can make a living by giving their opinions."
"How come we never hear about the guy who made the first ham sandwich?"
"I wish I had a dollar for every time I said, 'I wish I had a dollar.'"
"The truth is, I’m not sure what I’m doing, but I’m doing it with gusto."
"A television is a very good thing if you can make it work for you, instead of you working for it."
"There’s only one thing we can do: take what we have and make the best of it."
"I have learned that if you want to be successful, you need to surround yourself with supportive people."
"In a time when we have everything, we still want more."
"Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something."
"I don’t know what I would do without humor. I think it’s the best way to cope with life."
"Life is an adventure. There's no handbook on how to do it right."
"The best thing about a man is his mind. The best thing about a woman is her heart."
"I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them."
"The writer's job is to get the reader to see the world as he sees it."
"I don’t know why people take advice from me. I’m just a guy who thinks what I’m thinking."
"I wish I could throw a little more light on this subject, but I can't."
"My father always told me, 'Never let your schooling interfere with your education.'"
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."
"Life isn’t about how you survive the storm, but how you dance in the rain."
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true camaraderie is to be unembarrassed in expressing your true feelings."
"There is no such thing as an ordinary person. Everyone has something special about them."
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
"I don’t think most people in America really understand much about the criminal justice system."
"It's not about what you have done, but what you can do."
"We’re all in this together; it’s just that some of us don’t know it yet."
"The only time I feel bad about being a writer is when I see teeth brushing commercials."
"I don't know why people are so afraid of the unknown. It’s just the unknown."
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
"We’re all entitled to our own opinions, but we’re not entitled to our own facts."
"Whatever you do, don't let the children know that they're supposed to be perfect."
"Boredom is not an invited guest at my house."
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
"Success is just failure that doesn't give up."
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."
"You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."
"Every time I hear the phrase 'inside and out,' I can't help but think of a dog."
"I love to hear people talk about the future because it gives me a chance to see what they think."
"I’ve discovered that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
"The best part about being in your 80s is that your other friends are so far away."
"I don’t know why people are so hard on each other. I mean, just look at yourselves and you’ll know."
"We are all a little weird. And life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."
"The garbage disposal is as important as the stove."
"I never had to put on a pair of long pants to go to work until I was almost 30."
"I can’t stand people who don’t have a sense of humor."
"Life is hard. You can't do anything without a good attitude. You have to stay positive."
"The best thing about life is that you can’t control it, you just have to go along for the ride."
"It’s so much more comfortable being myself than being anyone else."
"I don’t know how to write a script. I’m not a writer. I just sit down and talk."
"People will never make you feel sorry for yourself unless you let them."
"You can't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive."
"The trouble with life is that there are so many things in it that are not worth doing."
"The older you get, the better you realize you were always wrong."
"I’ve learned that life is too short to worry about what other people think."
"I wish I had made more mistakes. I could have learned more."
"The only thing that can make me sad is when I think about how many other things other people might be missing out on."
"I think we need to talk about things before we understand them."
"If you smile at someone, they are almost always going to smile back at you."
"All of my best friends are my enemies."
"I don’t know anybody who doesn’t have a happy ending."
"Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I were to disappear from life for a day."
"To know what a man is thinking, look at what he's doing."
"You can’t say that you know somebody until you’ve spent time with them."
"Life is about settling for less in a world that is made of more."
"The hardest thing to be in the world is optimistic."
"I’ve learned that the best way to be happy is to make somebody else happy."
"If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it."
"I love to enjoy life. I have enjoyed it a lot and I still do."
"The simple things in life can bring the most happiness."
"I've learned that when you're in love, you're willing to take risks you wouldn't otherwise take."
"Life is like a dog sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
"When I die, I want people to remember me as a good guy who did something worthwhile."
"In a maddening world, I find it helps to focus on what really matters."
"We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress."
"There’s a lot of talk these days about a ‘kinder, gentler’ nation. I just don’t see it."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"I’m not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."
"A simple I love you means more than money."
"The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion."
"I think the older you get, the more you learn to enjoy what you have."
"We spend the first 12 months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next 12 telling them to sit down and shut up."
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
"Everyone wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
"I can’t imagine a more beautiful day. It’s the best I can do."
"Life is a journey, not a destination."
"I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."
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