Andy Rooney on chance
Andy Rooney103 quotes“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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Don’t you hate it when, your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney If I’d known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can’t remember a single project I would have started.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?”. She doesn’t care what you think.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Nothing in fine print is ever good news.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Most of us believe everyone has a right to his own opinion – as long as it agrees with ours.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Don’t take a butcher’s advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he’d be a chef.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney I’ve learned, That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Most of us aren’t that interested in getting rich- we just don’t want to get poor.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that’s why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
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Keira KnightleyKeira Knightley My parents taught me a long time ago that you win in life with people, and that’s important, because if you hang with winners, you stand a great chance of being a winner.
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