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In a conversation, keep in mi...

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

The biggest seller is cookboo...

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 292 quotes

My advice is not to wait to b...

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

I am interested in details. I...

I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

Ugly is very popular this yea...

Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

One of my major shortcomings ...

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 292 quotes

By the time they're ready to ...

By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

My mother always called me 's...

My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

Not many people in this world...

Not many people in this world are as lucky as I've been. ... All this time I've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. You don't get any luckier in life than that.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

When there are starving peopl...

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

We've sent a man to the moon ...

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 292 quotes

People waiting for an elevato...

People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the button repeatedly as though it would help.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

No matter what any of the gra...

No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

One day about 10 years ago th...

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 292 quotes

Did you ever notice that peop...

Did you ever notice that people who are good with a computer don't use it for much of anything except being good with a computer? They know all about information technology, but they don't have much interest in the information. I'm the opposite.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

New ideas are one of the most...

New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

I never understood retirement...

I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

Everyone hates war, everyone ...

Everyone hates war, everyone says.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

There are more beauty parlors...

There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

You really can't blame the mi...

You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they want to know whether they work or not.

Andy Rooney 292 quotes

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