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Andy Rooney Quotes

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Mistakes Proud Feeling Little Big

I really have to edit myself - I need someone with a censor button around me all the time. I'm just a little unaware of what's deemed appropriate.

Time Myself Me Someone Need Little

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Live Day Someone Doing You Perfect

But unlike the setup in most organizations, where there's an administrator on top and creative people or doers underneath, I'm basically a doer and I like to have administrative people underneath me.

Creative People Me Top Where Like

I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!

Help Go Out Freak Get Terrible

Boy I could do this forever; I truly enjoy bad guys.

Enjoy Bad Boy Forever Bad Guys Guys

Remember when those CD-ROMs from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL CEO Steve Case was no less a genius than Mark Zuckerberg.

Douglas Rushkoff

Day Genius Remember Every Day Mail

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.

Suffering Door Worry You Say Him

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability.

Fear Silence Political Violence Fail

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head.

Time Writing Book Information Forget

At school, either gymnastics or dance, it was the same. It gave me pleasure to move. And then, when I worked to achieve something new and out of the ordinary, it made me feel good. I felt I had surpassed myself.

Good Myself Dance School Me Feel

The producers of 'The Hobbit' take the welfare of all animals very seriously and have always pursued the highest standard of care for animals in their charge.

Care Animals Seriously Always Take

What I'm seeing is a generation that says consistently, 'I would rather text than make a telephone call.' Why? It's less risky. I can just get the information out there. I don't have to get all involved; it's more efficient. I would rather text than see somebody face to face.

Face Generation Information Seeing

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