Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who think they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
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… — Andy Rooney Copy Share
Almost all of us have an elevator or two in our lives somewhere. We wait for them, we ride on them. We're annoyed by… — Andy Rooney Copy Share
Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere… — Andy Rooney Copy Share
Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way,… — Andy Rooney Copy Share
I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. — Andy Rooney Copy Share
You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off. — Andy Rooney Copy Share
If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the… — Andy Rooney Copy Share
As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book. — Andy Rooney Copy Share
I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. — Andy Rooney Copy Share
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 Copy Share
