Andy Rooney Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1919 - November 4, 2011

Topics

LifeLongGetting OldLivingOld

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

Jimmy Breslin

PersonalityYouPlaceStopFirst

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.

John Gay

EnvyFoolsKindPraiseMayRaise

It's going to take each of us coming together to muster the strength to look in the mirror and ask, 'How can I help create a sustainable health care system for the 21st century?'

Matthew Heineman

StrengthHealthMirrorTogetherHelp

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

Anita Diament

TryingNiceDifficultHistoricalGot

I never view myself as a leader.

Jeff Hardy

LeaderMyselfViewNever

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

Tommy Lasorda

WinEverybodyWants

I have had the most spoiled golfing life.

Ronnie Corbett

LifeSpoiledMostHadGolfing

You do need to edit yourself as you shoot because you have fewer options in a smaller movie. In other words, when I'm shooting a big movie, and I got an 85 day shooting schedule or more, then I'm saying I have enough time to shoot option A and B and C and D for every scene.

David Twohy

TimeDayWordsYourselfSayingYou

When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.

Brian Eno

Fairy TaleTraditionYearBackFairy

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Arthur Schopenhauer

LifeDoubtOvercomeOverGotUs

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

William Howard Taft

FailureGreatManWeaknessCredit

Teach for America has helped us understand what works and what doesn't.

Priscilla Chan

AmericaTeachUnderstandUsWorks

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