Quotes from Andy Rooney


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Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.


The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.


It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.


One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.


Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.


Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.


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.


If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.


People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.


Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?


The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.


Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.


Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.


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.


Elephants and grandchildren never forget.


The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.


Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.


Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.


Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.


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.