--- title: "18 Want Quotes By Andy Rooney" description: "18 Want quotes by Andy Rooney. Plus more from Andy Rooney and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/andy-rooney-1253_ask-me_when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some_1380890.png" --- > [When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some-fresh-ground-pepper-i-ask-if/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/andy-rooney-1253_ask-me_when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some_1380890.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) > [I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-never-understood-retirement-what-is-the-attraction-of-retirement-i/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/andy-rooney-1253_attraction_i-never-understood-retirement-what-is-th_3030346.jpg) > [Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/everyone-wants-to-live-on-top-of-the-mountain-but-all-the-happiness/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/andy-rooney-1253_business_everyone-wants-to-live-on-top-of-the-mou_2124210.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) > [Most of us aren't that interested in getting rich- we just don't want to get poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/most-of-us-aren-t-that-interested-in-getting-rich-we-just-don-t-want/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/andy-rooney-1253_get-rich_most-of-us-aren-t-that-interested-in-get_2642447.png) > [I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-ve-learned-that-under-everyone-s-hard-shell-is-someone-who-wants-to/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/andy-rooney-1253_appreciated_i-ve-learned-that-under-everyone-s-hard_2493516.png) > [Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/obscenities-i-think-a-lot-of-dumb-people-do-it-because-they-can-t/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/andy-rooney-1253_boys_obscenities-i-think-a-lot-of-dumb-people_2403402.png) > [Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/men-wake-up-aroused-in-the-morning-we-can-t-help-it-we-just-wake-up/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/andy-rooney-1253_blood_men-wake-up-aroused-in-the-morning-we-ca_2861472.png) > [One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates… Seemed like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/one-day-about-10-years-ago-the-door-to-my-office-opened-and-who/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a6/andy-rooney-1253_be-kind_one-day-about-10-years-ago-the-door-to-m_733363.png) > [ Some people who hated Americans set out to kill a lot of us and they succeeded \[on 9/11\]…We're trying to protect ourselves… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/some-people-who-hated-americans-set-out-to-kill-a-lot-of-us-and-they/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/andy-rooney-1253_behave_some-people-who-hated-americans-set-out_949280.png) > [I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-hope-all-of-you-are-going-to-fill-out-your-census-form-when-it/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/andy-rooney-1253_census_i-hope-all-of-you-are-going-to-fill-out_1517647.jpg) > [We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/we-re-all-torn-between-the-desire-for-privacy-and-the-fear-of/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b4/andy-rooney-1253_away-from-each-other_we-re-all-torn-between-the-desire-for-pr_1184839.png) > [I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-don-t-think-the-government-is-out-to-get-me-or-help-someone-else/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/andy-rooney-1253_census_i-don-t-think-the-government-is-out-to-g_229115.png) > [I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-believe-the-money-i-make-belongs-to-me-and-my-family-not-some/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/andy-rooney-1253_addict_i-believe-the-money-i-make-belongs-to-me_1825064.png) > [I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-think-a-draft-produces-a-better-army-than-the-one-we-would-have/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/andy-rooney-1253_army_i-think-a-draft-produces-a-better-army-t_633518.png) > [There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/there-are-only-a-few-safe-targets-left-just-a-few-groups-of-people/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/andy-rooney-1253_goals_there-are-only-a-few-safe-targets-left-j_1562936.jpg) > [I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/i-understand-shipping-you-have-to-expect-to-pay-for-the-stamps-or-for/) [Andy Rooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-rooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/andy-rooney-1253_business_i-understand-shipping-you-have-to-expect_1090618.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/andy-rooney/#itemlist", "name": "18 Want Quotes By Andy Rooney", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andy Rooney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-rooney/when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some-fresh-ground-pepper-i-ask-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/andy-rooney-1253_ask-me_when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some_1380890.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/andy-rooney-1253_ask-me_when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some_1380890.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/andy-rooney-1253_ask-me_when-those-waiters-ask-me-if-i-want-some_1380890.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.” — 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": "I never understood retirement. 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