Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney
Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooneywas an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011, at age 92...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 January 1919
CityAlbany, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook.
I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.
I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.
I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.
Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I can't choose how i feel. But i can choose what I do about it.
I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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.
I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
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.
We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.