andy rooney

“ I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off. ”

“ I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day. ”

“ 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. ”

“ I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me. ”

“ No matter how I did on the field, I was determined not to be a jock and let football dominate my life. ”

“ Life is real at war, concentrated and intense. It is lived at full speed. ”

“ I wish people who sell things would stop trying to guess how many of something we want to buy. I want to buy things one at a time. ”

“ The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday. ”

“ Death is a distant rumor to the young. ”

“ For one thing, writing is a cathartic experience. Once youve put something down on paper, you can dismiss it from your mind. ”