Andy Rooney Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Andy Rooney:

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

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

Andy Rooney

The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.

Andy Rooney

A writer's job is to tell the truth.

Andy Rooney

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.

Andy Rooney

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

Andy Rooney

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

Andy Rooney

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

Andy Rooney

When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

Andy Rooney

As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.

Andy Rooney

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

Andy Rooney

I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

Andy Rooney

Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.

Andy Rooney

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

Andy Rooney

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney

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.

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

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.

Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

Andy Rooney

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?

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I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.

Andy Rooney

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

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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.

Andy Rooney

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

Andy Rooney