Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney
Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooneywas an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 January 1919
CityAlbany, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I just wish insignificance had more stature.
It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one. That's the American way.
One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.
The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.
In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.
Vegetarian: Indian word for lousy hunter.
When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.
All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.
Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.
I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.
A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.
A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.
Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.