Andy Rooney Quotes

Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.

Andy Rooney

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• I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

  

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• I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.

  

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• Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Born
  • Belief
  • Atheist