Andy Rooney Quotes
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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 learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
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Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.
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Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion - as long as it agrees with ours.
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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
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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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One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates.... Seemed like a nice guy and has done more with his money than most billionaires. But that's as far as I want to go being kind to Bill Gates.
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I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
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Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
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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. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.
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It is possible to be dumb and be a college president.
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When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.
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The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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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 in men.
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The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best.
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In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
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I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
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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 with more weapons. We have to do it, I guess, but it might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn't make so many people in the world want to kill us.
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Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.
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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.
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Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others
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Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
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Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
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I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
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Bacon is clearly a food made by the Nazis to fatten up Americans. It has no nutritional value, is full of fat, sodium, and nitrates, and is a pathetic type of consumable made from the noblest of creatures.