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 ROONEYI’ve learned, That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
More Andy Rooney Quotes
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Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
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A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don’t know what they are talking about.
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I’ve learned, That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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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.
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Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
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The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it!
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I’ve learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
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If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
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Women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!
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I’ve learned that we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.
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I’ve learned, That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you’re hooked for life.
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I’ve learned, That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
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I’d be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn’t believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don’t think it does.
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Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be.
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I’ve learned… that just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
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When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
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The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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I’ve learned, That when you’re in love, it shows.
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Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.
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I’ve learned, That love, not time, heals all wounds.
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I’d like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off.
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I’ve learned. That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you more.
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Go to bed. Whatever you’re staying up late for isn’t worth it.
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I’ve learned, That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.
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I don’t know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it? Are you supposed to put the cotton back in once you’ve taken a pill out?
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