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Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

~Andy Rooney

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Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

~Andy Rooney

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Death is a distant rumor to the young.

~Andy Rooney

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Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Depends Happens Happiness How Life More Strikes Than You

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Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.

~Andy Rooney

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Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

~Andy Rooney

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Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Agree Airlines Anywhere Attention Days Get Go Just Make Next Next Year Pick Seven Statement Week Year

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Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Computers Done Easier Lot Make Most Need Things

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The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.

~Andy Rooney

Topics: Disease Eat Effort Every Except Federal Federal Government Government Make Often Perfect Produced Progress Referred Research Respect Should Sponsored Spread Sure Tomato You

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If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one.

~Andy Rooney

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: January 14th, 1919

Died: November 4th, 2011

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