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Portrait of Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney

(1919–2011) Journalist United States

264 quotes in 1146 categories

Andy Rooney’s humor lives in the mundane, and his sharp observations still ring true. These snippets showcase his dry wit and the simple truths he uncovered in daily routines.

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Andy Rooney was a journalist from the United States, best known for My War.

Quick Facts About Andy Rooney

Born: January 14, 1919
Died: November 4, 2011
Nationality: United States
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: My War

About Andy Rooney

Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011; he died a month later at the age of 92.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bronze Star Medal Air Medal Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Emperor Has No Clothes Award Evelyn F. Burkey Award

Quotes by Andy Rooney

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?

Caught

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Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.

Inspiring writing

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Death is a distant rumor to the young.

Death

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Dogs are nicer than people.

Animal

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Walking is good for the soul.

Good

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Everyone hates war, everyone says.

Hate

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A writer's job is to tell the truth.

Jobs

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A cat's idea of a 'good time' is to kill something.

Cat

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Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.

Hurt

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If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner.

Dinner

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One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

Friend

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Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.

Inspirational

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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.

Away from each other

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You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off.

Better off

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The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.

Calculus

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No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own.

Doors

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I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

Complaining

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I've learned… That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More

Forgiving

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My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well…

Advice

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When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But…

Age

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I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates…

Bills

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Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the…

Behavior

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The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences…

Army

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New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't…

Concepts

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A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've…

Advice

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When a politician mentions God half a dozen times in a speech, it's to appropriate for his campaign the name God. He's…

Communication

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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get…

Away from each other

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I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this…

Business

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I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you…

Advertising

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We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own.…

Attitude

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I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If…

Census

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Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out…

Being positive

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“Patriotism and war go together. Anytime anyone gets thinking patriotism is one of the supreme virtues, it would be a good idea…

Patriotism

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If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends,…

Amount

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I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects…

Aspect

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“One question in my mind, which I hardly dare mention in public, is whether patriotism has, overall, been a force for good…

Evil

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“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down…

Family

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Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize…

Democracy

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“As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:…

Best friend

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The one affectation I have forced on the publisher ... are my apostrophe-free ellisions. Because I write my scripts to read myself,…

Clear

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Andy Rooney by topic

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