369 Quotes by Andy Rooney

Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!

Not many people in this world are as lucky as I've been. ... All this time I've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. You don't get any luckier in life than that.

One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

My wife uses fabric softener. I never knew what that stuff was for. Then I noticed women coming up to me, sniffing, then saying under their breath, "Married!" and walking away. Fabric Softeners are how our wives mark their territory. We can take off the ring, but it's hard to get that April fresh scent out of your clothes.

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.

When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.

You can’t be a good writer without being a good thinker.