Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true. Andy Rooney More Quotes by Andy Rooney More Quotes From Andy Rooney It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything. Andy Rooney ifswould-beworld I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss. Andy Rooney ive-learnedmissingopportunity 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. Andy Rooney atheistbelievethinking A writer's job is to tell the truth. Andy Rooney telling-the-truthjobs I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing. Andy Rooney retiringwriting My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am. Andy Rooney bonesmotherlittles I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural. Andy Rooney astrologyatheistbelieve Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer. Andy Rooney retiringpowerfulwriting One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened. Andy Rooney vindictivestrikesfeelings In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out a book. Andy Rooney surroundingsthrowingbook Dogs are nicer than people. Andy Rooney dogpeople Never trust the food in a restaurant on top of the tallest building in town that spends a lot of time folding napkins. Andy Rooney townscookingfood You're almost always better off keeping your mouth shut, but don't let that stop you from popping off. Andy Rooney keeping-your-mouth-shutbetter-offmouths Those to whom his word was revealed were always alone in some remote place, like Moses. There wasn't anyone else around when Mohammed got the word either. Mormon Joseph Smith and Christian Scientist, Mary Baker Eddy, had exclusive audiences with God. We have to trust them as reporters--and you know how reporters are. They'll do anything for a story. Andy Rooney atheistchristianreligion I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day. Andy Rooney ive-learnedmadeappreciation Nothing in fine print is ever good news. Andy Rooney finenewsliterature I've learned... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them. Andy Rooney ive-learnedtomorrowmay The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food, and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it! Andy Rooney fitnessfunnybook When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper. Andy Rooney pepperssarcasmsarcastic The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook. Andy Rooney dietinglossbook