The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way.
ANDY ROONEYIt’s paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.
More Andy Rooney Quotes
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Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.
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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 you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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I’ve learned, That when you’re in love, it shows.
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Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
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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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Those of us who don’t have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading “Confused.
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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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I’ve learned, That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
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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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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 the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
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I can’t choose how i feel. But i can choose what I do about it.
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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 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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