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
Conservatives are more religious than liberals--although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it.
I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.
Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer.
Once you pass forty, a dime isn't worth bending over to pick up if you drop one.
When I write, I use an Underwood #5 made in 1920. Someone gave me an electric typewriter, but there's no use pretending you can use machinery that thinks faster than you do. An electric typewriter is ready to go before I have anything to say.
In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.
Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
Person-to-person, most people are honest.
I've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily.
Most of us aren't that interested in getting rich- we just don't want to get poor.
Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time.