Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
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
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
Andy Rooney

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

Andy Rooney
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
Andy Rooney

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.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
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
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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
Andy Rooney

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

Elephants and grandchildren never forget.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

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

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?