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 ROONEYIf, 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.
More Andy Rooney Quotes
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I’ve learned that under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
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Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.
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My most serious character flaw is that I don’t deny myself much.
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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.
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I’ve learned, That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
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I’ve learned… That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
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Those of us who don’t have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading “Confused.
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All of us talk faster than we listen.
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When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.
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I dislike loud-mouthed patriots who suggest they like our country more than I do. Some people’s idea of patriotism is hating other countries.
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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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Women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!
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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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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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We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.
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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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Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
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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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Don’t keep saying, “I don’t know where the time goes.” It goes the same place it’s always gone and no one has ever known where that is.
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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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No one ever writes a book in which he is the bad guy.
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I just wish this social institution [religion] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isnt true.
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I’ve learned, That life is tough, but I’m tougher.
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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.
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If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
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Small daily happenings make life spectacular. Start enjoying the small things in life!
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