Andy Rooney

"Adventure is life saying yes to you."

"Imagination is where the future lives."

"Technology should serve humans, not the reverse."

"History repeats because we weren't listening the first time."

"Philosophy teaches us how to question better."

"Literature reminds us we're not alone in our struggles."

"Politics is the art of making difficult choices."

"War solves nothing that peace couldn't solve better."

"Motivation fades, but values endure."

"Inspiration is found in the ordinary if we look."

"Relationships require showing up, not just feeling."

"Solitude is where you discover who you really are."

"Love is the willingness to be vulnerable."

"Happiness is choosing gratitude over complaint."

"Time is the only resource we can't make more of."

"Knowledge is knowing the facts; wisdom is knowing what to do with them."

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."

"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."

"I've learned that you can't go around being happy all the time. You have to have the down days."

"Most of us don't have enough confidence. We listen to the other voices instead of our own."

"The things you own end up owning you."

"I think best when talking to myself out loud."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"We're all crazy in our own ways, and that's OK."

"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."

"Death is a distant rumor to the young."

"The person who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything at all."

"I try to live so that when I get up in the morning, the things I do will outweigh the things I forego."

"You never know when you're going to need an umbrella or a good friend."

"Americans are very friendly and very ignorant about other people's affairs."