Boarding house Quotes by Mickey Rooney

You always pass failure on your way to success.

— Mickey Rooney

Women liked me because I made them laugh.

— Mickey Rooney

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from…

— Mickey Rooney

Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter, this could…

— Mickey Rooney

Hollywood has unfortunately become a memory. It's nothing but a sign on the side of a hill.

— Mickey Rooney

I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything…

— Mickey Rooney

Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of…

— Mickey Rooney

Now. Now is the most important time of all of your young lives. And what does now stand for - N-O-W? No Other Way.…

— Mickey Rooney

I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.

— Mickey Rooney

Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind.

— Mickey Rooney

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

— Mickey Rooney

My marriage license reads, 'To whom it may concern,'

— Mickey Rooney

And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs – today. N-O-W. No Other Way.

— Mickey Rooney

I belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life.

— Mickey Rooney

. . . children - not kids. Kids are goats. I've always spoken of my children as children.

— Mickey Rooney