Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The 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.
Andy Rooney
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Albany
New York
Andrew Aitken Andy Rooney
Andrew Aitken Rooney
Wrong
Anytime
Chance
Probability
Right
Math
Something
Mathematics
Life
Rule
Humor
Education
Getting
More quotes by Andy Rooney
I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
Andy Rooney
I've learned... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
Andy Rooney
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.
Andy Rooney
Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
Andy Rooney
We can all be prouder to be human beings, because that's what they were. They make up for a lot of liars, cheats, and terrorists among us.
Andy Rooney
There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.
Andy Rooney
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Andy Rooney
Most of us aren't that interested in getting rich- we just don't want to get poor.
Andy Rooney
My own time is passing fast enough without some national game to help it along.
Andy Rooney
I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost evenly divided this time. Half of them liked Senator Kerry the other half hated President Bush.
Andy Rooney
I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.
Andy Rooney
The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
Andy Rooney
I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
Andy Rooney
There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it.
Andy Rooney
The best thing about a vacation is planning it.
Andy Rooney
When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, Things aren't as good as they used to be. But it's hard not to.
Andy Rooney
The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.
Andy Rooney
I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
Andy Rooney
I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.
Andy Rooney
I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that.
Andy Rooney
