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Quotes by Andy Rooney
(1919 - )


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AgingI didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.
AmericaMaking duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
AutomobilismThe number of registered passenger motor vehicles in the US exceeds the number of licensed drivers.
Bad newsNothing in fine print is ever good news.
ChanceThe 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
ComputersComputers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
FavoritismTaxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.
FoodI don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.
GardeningLast night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.
HungerWhen there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.
IraqWe should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it.
MistakesWe're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.
PoliticsI polled my associates to see if they are as liberal as people think, but this year they were almost equally split: half favored Kerry, and half hated Bush.
SmilingIf you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
- (journalist and commentator)
TaxesTaxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.
TeachingMost 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.
VegetarianismVegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning "lousy hunter."
VegetarianismVegetarian -- that's an old Indian word meaning "lousy hunter."
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