Andy Rooney

"We all have the capacity to change."

"The truth about success is it requires sacrifice."

"I've learned that time is precious."

"We're all looking for connection."

"The greatest freedom is authenticity."

"I believe that everyone deserves happiness."

"We waste our lives on things that don't fulfill us."

"The truth is life is a journey, not a destination."

"The average American worker has 50 years of product diversification to deal with."

"I've learned that you can't make someone understand something if their salary depends on them not understanding it."

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and employers pay just enough so that employees won't quit."

"We're all born curious, but somewhere along the way, we lose it."

"The quickest way to become unpopular is to disagree with somebody important about something they care about."

"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."

"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."

"In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

"People are basically good. It's just that society messes them up."

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

"I've always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

"Bureaucrats write memoranda partly because it relieves them from the necessity of making up their minds."

"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

"We waste so much time in life that we don't realize we're wasting it until we don't have any left."

"I don't think I've ever seen a man walking down the street with a woman who's any taller than he is."

"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know anything at all."

"I've learned that just showing up for work isn't enough anymore."

"We're eating more, exercising less, and living longer than ever before."

"If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it."

"Most of the things we worry about never happen anyway."

"People are much more likely to believe lies they've heard before than the truth they've never heard."