--- title: "15 Knows Quotes By Andy Rooney" description: "15 Knows quotes by Andy Rooney. Plus more from Andy Rooney and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/andy-rooney-1253_gone_don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the_2327377.png" --- > [Don't keep saying, "I don't know where the time goes." It goes the same place it's always gone and no one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the-time-goes-it-goes-the-same/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/andy-rooney-1253_gone_don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the_2327377.png) > [In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-is-someone-who-if-you-don-t/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/andy-rooney-1253_asks_in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-i_2453061.png) > [ You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war \[in Iraq\]. They've got all these new toys and they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/you-really-can-t-blame-the-military-for-wanting-to-go-to-war-in-iraq/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/andy-rooney-1253_blame_you-really-can-t-blame-the-military-for_569232.png) > [All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/all-economists-should-be-locked-up-until-they-admit-that-they-don-t/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/andy-rooney-1253_economics_all-economists-should-be-locked-up-until_2287242.png) > [People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/people-waiting-for-an-elevator-don-t-know-what-to-do-standing-with/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/andy-rooney-1253_buttons_people-waiting-for-an-elevator-don-t-kno_2926118.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/andy-rooney-1253_great-man_a-great-many-people-do-not-have-the-righ_165751.jpg) > [The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/the-teacher-who-knows-the-most-about-a-subject-isn-t-necessarily-the/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/andy-rooney-1253_education_the-teacher-who-knows-the-most-about-a-s_1980616.png) > [Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/before-a-kid-learns-how-to-use-a-computer-that-can-solve-mathematical/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/andy-rooney-1253_arithmetic_before-a-kid-learns-how-to-use-a-compute_373875.png) > [I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-know-a-lot-of-you-believe-that-most-people-in-the-news-business-are/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/andy-rooney-1253_believe_i-know-a-lot-of-you-believe-that-most-pe_507791.jpg) > [Those to whom his word was revealed were always alone in some remote place, like Moses. There wasn't anyone else around when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/those-to-whom-his-word-was-revealed-were-always-alone-in-some-remote/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/andy-rooney-1253_always-alone_those-to-whom-his-word-was-revealed-were_963240.jpg) > [One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/one-of-my-major-shortcomings-i-m-vindictive-i-don-t-know-why-that-is/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/andy-rooney-1253_feeling_one-of-my-major-shortcomings-i-m-vindict_2662341.jpg) > [Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/did-you-ever-notice-that-people-who-are-good-with-a-computer-don-t/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/andy-rooney-1253_be-good_did-you-ever-notice-that-people-who-are_504174.png) > [Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/teachers-who-have-plugged-away-at-their-jobs-for-twenty-thirty-and/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/andy-rooney-1253_done_teachers-who-have-plugged-away-at-their_1051895.png) > [I don't know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-don-t-know-anything-offhand-that-mystifies-americans-more-than-the/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/andy-rooney-1253_bottles_i-don-t-know-anything-offhand-that-mysti_1164592.jpg) > [The one affectation I have forced on the publisher ... are my apostrophe-free ellisions. Because I write my scripts to read myself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/the-one-affectation-i-have-forced-on-the-publisher-are-my-apostrophe/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/andy-rooney-1253_clear_the-one-affectation-i-have-forced-on-the_2994240.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/andy-rooney/#itemlist", "name": "15 Knows Quotes By Andy Rooney", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't keep saying, \"I don't know where the time goes.\" It goes the same place it's always gone and no one has ever known where that is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Rooney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the-time-goes-it-goes-the-same/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/andy-rooney-1253_gone_don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the_2327377.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/andy-rooney-1253_gone_don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the_2327377.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/andy-rooney-1253_gone_don-t-keep-saying-i-don-t-know-where-the_2327377.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't keep saying, \"I don't know where the time goes.\" It goes the same place it's always gone and no one…” — Andy Rooney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Rooney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-is-someone-who-if-you-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/andy-rooney-1253_asks_in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-i_2453061.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/andy-rooney-1253_asks_in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-i_2453061.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/890/andy-rooney-1253_asks_in-washington-a-confidential-assistant-i_2453061.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask…” — Andy Rooney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. 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