Quote

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

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
Television
Often
Write
Wells
Well
Writing
Much
Passes
Good
Badly

More quotes by Andy Rooney

Image
Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.
Andy Rooney
Image
Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves.
Andy Rooney
Image
Most of us aren't that interested in getting rich- we just don't want to get poor.
Andy Rooney
Image
When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
Andy Rooney
Image
I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
Andy Rooney
Image
I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
Andy Rooney
Image
We've sent a man to the moon and that's 29,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week but for some reason nobody's ever done it.
Andy Rooney
Image
One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.
Andy Rooney
Image
I've learned... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
Andy Rooney
Image
The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook.
Andy Rooney
Image
... all of us talk faster than we listen.
Andy Rooney
Image
I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.
Andy Rooney
Image
I mean, the notion that we must love everything in this country or get out and go someplace else is ridiculous. I mean, if you -- the best thing a patriotic American can do is to look and be critical and find out what's wrong and try to make it better. That's what a patriotic American does.
Andy Rooney
Image
In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
Andy Rooney
Image
Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.
Andy Rooney
Image
I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.
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
Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time.
Andy Rooney
Image
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
Andy Rooney
Image
If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner.
Andy Rooney