Quote

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.

Andy Rooney

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Enough
Fired
Right
Secure
Many
Position
Think
Feeling
Thinking
Wrong
People
Feelings
Wells
Well

More quotes by Andy Rooney

Image
Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, How can he want me the way I look in the morning? It's because we can't see you. We have no blood anywhere near our optic nerve.
Andy Rooney
Image
If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner.
Andy Rooney
Image
Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
Andy Rooney
Image
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.
Andy Rooney
Image
Walking is good for the soul.
Andy Rooney
Image
I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
Andy Rooney
Image
I've learned... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
Andy Rooney
Image
I 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.
Andy Rooney
Image
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
Andy Rooney
Image
Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
Andy Rooney
Image
We 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.
Andy Rooney
Image
Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
Andy Rooney
Image
I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this handling they always have? How much does handling cost, anyway? I don't want a lot of people handling something I'm going to buy before I get it. How much would it cost if you didn't handle it before you sent it to me?
Andy Rooney
Image
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Andy Rooney
Image
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
Image
No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own.
Andy Rooney
Image
I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
Andy Rooney
Image
The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.
Andy Rooney
Image
There are sixteen cans of coffee here together they hold a total of thirteen and a half pounds of coffee. Doesn't that seem like cheating?
Andy Rooney
Image
By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
Andy Rooney