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Andy Rooney

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Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
ANDY ROONEY I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
ANDY ROONEY The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every re...
ANDY ROONEY Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to ...
ANDY ROONEY Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
ANDY ROONEY Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
ANDY ROONEY If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.
ANDY ROONEY I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both...
ANDY ROONEY All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.
ANDY ROONEY Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
ANDY ROONEY Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed o...
ANDY ROONEY We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.
ANDY ROONEY People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.
ANDY ROONEY I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.
ANDY ROONEY Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
ANDY ROONEY Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
ANDY ROONEY If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
ANDY ROONEY I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't su...
ANDY ROONEY Death is a distant rumor to the young.
ANDY ROONEY The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the ...
ANDY ROONEY The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
ANDY ROONEY Anyone who likes golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
ANDY ROONEY Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don...
ANDY ROONEY Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next y...
ANDY ROONEY Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of p...
ANDY ROONEY The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the c...
ANDY ROONEY Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don...
ANDY ROONEY One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day...
ANDY ROONEY When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
ANDY ROONEY Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and Viagra than is spe...
ANDY ROONEY Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women...
ANDY ROONEY Don't pin much hope on the mail, and when the phone rings don't expect anyone wonderful to be callin...
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 mi...
ANDY ROONEY The average dog is a nicer person than the average person
ANDY ROONEY Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they ...
ANDY ROONEY We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a...
ANDY ROONEY I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If yo...
ANDY ROONEY I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending...
ANDY ROONEY The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% pro...
ANDY ROONEY It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getti...
ANDY ROONEY We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big one...
ANDY ROONEY The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the...
ANDY ROONEY The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
ANDY ROONEY If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it.
ANDY ROONEY Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'
ANDY ROONEY Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first plac...
ANDY ROONEY Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
ANDY ROONEY Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination ...
ANDY ROONEY We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world sup...
ANDY ROONEY The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it bec...
ANDY ROONEY Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're ...
ANDY ROONEY The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to...
ANDY ROONEY Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For eve...
ANDY ROONEY It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting ol...
ANDY ROONEY Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
ANDY ROONEY He was a Beatle in a haystack.
ANDY ROONEY I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too muc...
ANDY ROONEY The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probabi...
ANDY ROONEY The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing...
ANDY ROONEY As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
ANDY ROONEY When a politician mentions God half a dozen times in a speech, it's to appropriate for his campaign ...
ANDY ROONEY They're gonna wish they'd never invited me. I have a basement full of stuff I'm gonna send. They'll ...
ANDY ROONEY Don't give it to Katie. Give it to a bunch of reporters and make CBS News the best news operation in...
ANDY ROONEY I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
ANDY ROONEY The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
ANDY ROONEY Anyone who lies golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
ANDY ROONEY It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything.
ANDY ROONEY Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and Viagra than is spe...
ANDY ROONEY Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of P...
ANDY ROONEY I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off
ANDY ROONEY Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say ...
ANDY ROONEY Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origi...
ANDY ROONEY I just wish this social institution [religion] wasn't based on what appears to me to be a monumental...
ANDY ROONEY Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves
ANDY ROONEY Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve ...
ANDY ROONEY Do you think there's any possibility you could get CBS management to split your salary up amongst th...
ANDY ROONEY If dogs could talk, it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one
ANDY ROONEY I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nic...
ANDY ROONEY For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishi...
ANDY ROONEY I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.
WAYNE ROONEY You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really lo...
WAYNE ROONEY I love football, football is my life.
WAYNE ROONEY You're trying to put yourself in that moment and trying to prepare yourself, to have a 'memo...
WAYNE ROONEY The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
WAYNE ROONEY Football is made up of all kinds of conflict. In a dressing room, between players, between us and th...
WAYNE ROONEY Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
WAYNE ROONEY Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and ho...
WAYNE ROONEY I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
WAYNE ROONEY As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what wil...
WAYNE ROONEY Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.
WAYNE ROONEY I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
WAYNE ROONEY When you are 16 there is no fear whatsoever. As you get older you play in more important games and t...
WAYNE ROONEY Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having...
WAYNE ROONEY Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red t...
WAYNE ROONEY You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will...
WAYNE ROONEY When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they re...
WAYNE ROONEY I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.
WAYNE ROONEY Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships ...
WAYNE ROONEY Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player.
WAYNE ROONEY Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
FRANK ROONEY Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I al...
WAYNE ROONEY I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.
MICKEY ROONEY Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day...
MICKEY ROONEY A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100, 000 sho...
MICKEY ROONEY You always pass failure on the way to success.
MICKEY ROONEY Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
FRANK ROONEY Always get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whol...
MICKEY ROONEY I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I...
MICKEY ROONEY I just want to make sure that I give the animators everything they need, so they have plenty of choi...
MICKEY ROONEY Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American...
MICKEY ROONEY All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.
MICKEY ROONEY The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.
ART ROONEY Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I.
ART ROONEY I think numbers-wise we were satisfied. We went into it wanting to keep as many of those guys as we ...
ART ROONEY The demand for club seats has proven to be very strong since moving to Heinz Field.
ART ROONEY Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay.
ART ROONEY Nobody feels any worse than I do about losing.
ART ROONEY I was about six years old when I did 'Orchids and Ermine.' They dressed me in a suit, put a ...
MICKEY ROONEY I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never...
WAYNE ROONEY I love Barbados, it's really relaxing.
WAYNE ROONEY Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.
WAYNE ROONEY Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then...
WAYNE ROONEY I might have faults but I'm not a big head.
WAYNE ROONEY Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.
WAYNE ROONEY Get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day.
MICKEY ROONEY Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ron...
MICKEY ROONEY Oregon has a lot of in-migration, which helps to keep the unemployment rate (higher).
BRIAN ROONEY My guess is interest rates are going to rise. And both residential and commercial development will s...
BRIAN ROONEY The big question is when and how much long-term interest rates are going to rise, because that affec...
BRIAN ROONEY Two-thousand-six is going to look a lot like late 2005. We've passed the recovery period, and we're ...
BRIAN ROONEY I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't drink coffee. Starbucks is not going to make any m...
MICKEY ROONEY The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday.
ART ROONEY If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.
WAYNE ROONEY Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was ...
ROONEY MARA Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift...
MICKEY ROONEY I think without a doubt there will never be a voice like Judy Garland.
MICKEY ROONEY Judy Garland was a different type of entertainer. She was a dancer, a singer, and an incurable roman...
MICKEY ROONEY I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying:...
MICKEY ROONEY There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy ...
ROONEY MARA Hopefully, we can kick on and keep winning games. Hopefully, Chelsea will drop a few points and we c...
WAYNE ROONEY We're looking at a transitory period in which things are a little bit tense, but if we get through t...
SEAN ROONEY Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. Wh...
TOM ROONEY I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.
WAYNE ROONEY But (Prince) Charles is leaving for India next week so she had to get back.
GIAAN ROONEY I would say we're partners with the players now. There's owners that would resist it now, but ... I ...
DAN ROONEY His own boredom could be a problem. He could stay on top a long time -- if that's what he wants. Tha...
KEVIN ROONEY If we are fortunate enough to win, we'll have a nice present for the city of Pittsburgh when we get ...
DAN ROONEY I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
WAYNE ROONEY I think the maximum that you can be on national television is six, so with four already scheduled we...
ART ROONEY Obviously, I think it's very important we find the right person for the job and there's some good ca...
ART ROONEY We probably will focus more now on getting ready for the draft and possibly extending some of the gu...
ART ROONEY I think I should know because I usually had the best seat in the house — on my back.
DAN ROONEY We could have scored more — we should have.
WAYNE ROONEY I love playing football but I think I am like everyone else, I hate losing and love winning. And if ...
WAYNE ROONEY We are still good enough. We have definitely got the quality.
WAYNE ROONEY He scored a great goal, not many players can strike the ball like that but he is one of them. He's o...
WAYNE ROONEY I don't know about the World Cup. Obviously I'm disappointed to get injured as I have done. I'm deva...
WAYNE ROONEY It's good to have him back in English football - and it will help him as well.
WAYNE ROONEY Once a Blue, always a Blue.
WAYNE ROONEY Don't think Sven has been a successful manager for 25 years and suddenly doesn't know where to play ...
WAYNE ROONEY For me it's the biggest trophy in the world and in the summer I hope to be holding it up.
WAYNE ROONEY Look at my performance out there today and you can answer that yourself.
WAYNE ROONEY We are all confident, especially after the Argentina game when we won that.
WAYNE ROONEY He was brilliant for Argentina. I remember at half-time everyone was saying that nobody could get an...
WAYNE ROONEY I'll be coming in every day and trying to give myself the best possible chance. I'm obviously devast...
WAYNE ROONEY I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.
MICKEY ROONEY If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hard...
ROONEY MARA Everyone who worked on 'The Fox and the Hound' is important. We're all lucky to be in a ...
MICKEY ROONEY I don't want to say wait 'til next year because we're still in the midst of this year, but I've got ...
ROB ROONEY She's a fighter and is keeping positive.
WAYNE ROONEY Because of the wind direction variations it's been a surprising day and a difficult one to predict.
WARD ROONEY To those seniors, and especially elderly veterans like myself, I want to tell you this: You are not ...
MICKEY ROONEY Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had ...
MICKEY ROONEY I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years.
MICKEY ROONEY There's still heartbreaks in there, but we had a solid, solid meet with a great group of guys. And t...
ROB ROONEY To win it twice in a row is a great honor for me. I think as the team has progressed, my awareness h...
WAYNE ROONEY I was a thirteen-year-old boy for thirty years
MICKEY ROONEY What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch, it was a bit of handbags, that's all.
WAYNE ROONEY I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brake...
MICKEY ROONEY Besides shooting about 5 percent, we were just totally out of synch offensively. Forcing long shots,...
DAVID ROONEY Hey, I can't believe I got more than 1 percent considering I am not known and haven't campaigned.
TOM ROONEY At this stage Sunday looks fine. There may be a shower or two in the morning but it will be settling...
WARD ROONEY This was the greatest football team that was ever put together.
DAN ROONEY What happens on the field stays on the field. It was just handbags.
WAYNE ROONEY We've a better chance than last season,” said Sir Alex.
WAYNE ROONEY We could have scored more - we should have. We should have taken a lot more of our chances and won b...
WAYNE ROONEY Don't Call Me Postmodern!
WAYNE ROONEY How Rooney copes with still being so young and with getting all the fame and attention depends on th...
WAYNE ROONEY He is a fierce man because he's got that great passion to win.
WAYNE ROONEY Babes on Broadway
MICKEY ROONEY I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am be...
ROONEY MARA All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.
MICKEY ROONEY I think his success has a lot more to do with his desire than with his mind. I am never going to dou...
ROB ROONEY It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first ...
MICKEY ROONEY I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.
MICKEY ROONEY I knew it was a good one, a good symbol and said what we were. It said steel. It's still good.
DAN ROONEY I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt the mo...
ROONEY MARA When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that.
WAYNE ROONEY You can expect AMD to bring out a dual-core mobile processor with DDR-2 memory in the second quarter...
DAVID ROONEY At the end of the day we looked at our golf properties and overall golf model and thought we could d...
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