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title: "3 Cookbook Quotes By Andy Rooney"
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> [The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/the-two-biggest-sellers-in-any-bookstore-are-the-cookbooks-and-the/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

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> [The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/the-biggest-seller-is-cookbooks-and-the-second-is-diet-books-how-not/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/andy-rooney-1253_book_the-biggest-seller-is-cookbooks-and-the_1978493.png)

> [Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/half-the-cookbooks-tell-you-how-to-cook-the-food-and-the-other-half/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

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## More by Andy Rooney

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-like-valentine-s-day-the-trouble-is-the-florists-and-the-candy/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/almost-all-of-us-have-an-elevator-or-two-in-our-lives-somewhere-we/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/last-night-we-had-three-small-zucchini-for-dinner-that-were-grown/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/sooner-or-later-the-world-will-have-to-return-to-the-good-old-days/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-ve-learned-that-no-matter-how-serious-your-life-requires-you-to-be/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [Unfortunately, propaganda works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/unfortunately-propaganda-works/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/you-re-almost-always-better-off-keeping-your-mouth-shut-but-don-t-let/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [The fastest thing computers do is go obsolete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/the-fastest-thing-computers-do-is-go-obsolete/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [Every one starts out being an atheist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/every-one-starts-out-being-an-atheist/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/if-you-don-t-enjoy-getting-up-and-working-and-finishing-your-work-and/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/as-an-old-reporter-we-have-a-few-secrets-and-the-first-thing-is-we/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-ve-learned-that-it-s-those-small-daily-happenings-that-make-life-so/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [... all of us talk faster than we listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/all-of-us-talk-faster-than-we-listen/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/you-can-t-be-a-good-writer-without-being-a-good-thinker/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

> [A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/a-great-many-people-do-not-have-the-right-to-their-own-opinion/)

[Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/)

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