Andy Rooney Quotes
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No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.
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Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.
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I've learned... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
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We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.
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I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
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Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
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Being kind is more important than being right.
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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 devout.
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Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.
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In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book.
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You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.
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I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense.
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I've learned... That when you're in love, it shows.
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A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.
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Everyone hates war, everyone says.
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My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.
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I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.
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One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.
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Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.
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I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.
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When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.
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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
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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 don't dare let the day go by without making an offering, whether you mean it or not. Money exceeds affection.
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I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.