Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by the government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but they'll be okay if they're left alone.
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
People
Republican
Alone
Politics
Republicans
Left
Democrats
Government
Democrat
Must
Basically
Believe
Saved
Good
Okay
More quotes by Andy Rooney
I've learned... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
Andy Rooney
My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.
Andy Rooney
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
Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef.
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 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
Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.
Andy Rooney
You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.
Andy Rooney
I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More
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
We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.
Andy Rooney
Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.
Andy Rooney
Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading Confused.
Andy Rooney
Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.
Andy Rooney
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
Familiar things are a comfort to us all.
Andy Rooney
Every one starts out being an atheist.
Andy Rooney
Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.
Andy Rooney
I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.
Andy Rooney
Unfortunately, propaganda works.
Andy Rooney