Andy Rooney Quotes About Literature
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I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.
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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
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Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
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Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
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Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.
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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.
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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.
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All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.
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I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.
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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.
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We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.
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Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.
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The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
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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.
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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.
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The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.
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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.
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