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Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
Andy Rooney
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Andy Rooney
Age: 92 †
Born: 1919
Born: January 14
Died: 2011
Died: November 4
Journalist
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New York
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The only thing that really bugs me about television's coverage is those damn women they have down on the sidelines who don't know what the hell they're talking about. I mean, I'm not a sexist person, but a woman has no business being down there trying to make some comment about a football game.
Andy Rooney
One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.
Andy Rooney
A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, What are you thinking?. She doesn't care what you think.
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The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it!
Andy Rooney
I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off
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
Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is share the love.' Beep. 'Uh, yeah, this is the VD clinic. Speaking of being positive, your test is back. Stop sharing the love.'
Andy Rooney
Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.
Andy Rooney
Death is a distant rumor to the young.
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If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
Andy Rooney
I've learned ... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Andy Rooney
Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.
Andy Rooney
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Andy Rooney
the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
Andy Rooney
I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.
Andy Rooney
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.
Andy Rooney
I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people's idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
Andy Rooney
Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
Andy Rooney
I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost someone will take the ones you miss.
Andy Rooney
It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.
Andy Rooney
