Quotes & Sayings About Rooney

Pulling on your country's shirt is the greatest honour a footballer can have. It's what I always dreamed of as a kid and I get a buzz every time. — Wayne Rooney

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well. — Andy Rooney

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. — Andy Rooney

Joe Louis was one of my closest friends ... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside. — Mickey Rooney

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly."
~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. — Andy Rooney

Fella's a genius. Best ever by a distance in my life time. Never really saw Pele ... Souness, Gullit, Venables and now Rooney agree Messi is the best they have seen. He plays a game with which we are not familiar. — Gary Lineker

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything. — Mickey Rooney

I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing. — Andy Rooney

What I wanted was that walk: slate and windy, the sky overcast but not threatening rain. I — Kathleen Rooney

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie? — Andy Rooney

I have one of those real old American built cars. The kind that just PUNCHES through accidents. — Kevin Rooney

I might have faults but I'm not a big head. — Wayne Rooney

I mean, I'm not a sexist person, but a woman has no business being down there trying to make some comment about a football game. — Andy Rooney

Beaches and romantic comedies are not my thing. I'm a workaholic. — Rooney Mara

Given that the majority of communication to which we are subjected in a day consists of advertising, if nearly all of that advertising insists on regarding us as pampered children, what does that do to us? It winds us up with a godforsaken second term of smarmy granddad President Ronald Wilson Reagan for one. — Kathleen Rooney

I've matured since joining United, on and off the field. — Wayne Rooney

Regular readers will know I'm a fan of (Cristiano) Ronaldo, and an even bigger fan of the man who's assumed his mantle with quite astonishing success, Wayne Rooney. But Messi is on a higher plain than even that pair. — Andy Cole

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

Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I. — Art Rooney

caelum, non animum mutant, for instance - climate may change, but not character - and — Kathleen Rooney

Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game. — Wayne Rooney

It's the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is. — Bernie Ecclestone

Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral. — Andy Rooney

I don't consider success doing a show for 30 years; I'm sorry. To me, you're successful when you graduate from something. I did a series, I did a talk show, I did movies, I replaced Mickey Rooney on Broadway in Sugar Babies. You understand? — Joey Bishop

Our eyes meet. Am I mistaken or does the corner of her mouth tuck in ever so slightly and the petal of her lower lip curl out ever so richly? She is smiling-at me! My mind hits upon half a dozen schemes to circumvent the terrible moment of separation. No doubt she is a Texan. They are nearly always bad judges of men, these splendid Amazons. Most men are afraid of them and so they fall victim to the first little Mickey Rooney that comes along. In a better world I should be able to speak to her: come, darling, you can see that I love you. If you are planning to meet some little Mickey, think better of it. What a tragedy it is that I do not know her, will probably never see her again. What good times we could have! — Walker Percy

Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!" — Mickey Rooney

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. — Andy Rooney

The city I inhabit now is not the city that I moved to in 1926; it has become a mean-spirited action movie complete with repulsive plot twists and preposterous dialogue. — Kathleen Rooney

Nice to see your own fans booing you. — Wayne Rooney

Milk without fat is like nonalcoholic Scotch. — Andy Rooney

Any day you walk down a street and find nothing new but nothing missing counts as a good day in a city you love. — Kathleen Rooney

The trouble with dictionaries is, they tell you more about words than you want to know without answering the question you have. — Andy Rooney

Dont retire - inspire ... Theres a lot to be done — Mickey Rooney

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number? — Andy Rooney

If I ever complain to an agent about anything, he always has a pained look on his face, like, "How can you be so ungrateful? Why, Mick, I just named my yacht after you!" — Mickey Rooney

I've learned ... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done. — Andy Rooney

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians. — Andy Rooney

If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner. — Andy Rooney

Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything. — Andy Rooney

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day. — Mickey Rooney

We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup. — Wayne Rooney

I want to score in every game and win things. That's the most important thing. — Wayne Rooney

Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. — Wayne Rooney

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings. — Wayne Rooney

Elephants and grandchildren never forget. — Andy Rooney

Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right. — Wayne Rooney

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies. — Andy Rooney

I've learned ... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world. — Andy Rooney

Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective. — Kathleen Rooney

I always want to be as quick and decisive as I can be. — Rooney Mara

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge. — Rooney Mara

As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book. — Andy Rooney

My own time is passing fast enough without some national game to help it along. — Andy Rooney

The great virtue of being alone is that your mind can go its own way. — Andy Rooney

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones. — Andy Rooney

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter. — Andy Rooney

Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans. — Tom Rooney

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you. — Andy Rooney

There's only so many movies you can do. I start to get really self-loathing and sick of myself. And I think in order to act, you need to live a little bit to fill yourself with experience. — Rooney Mara

It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation. — Andy Rooney

Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is. — Wayne Rooney

The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important. — Wayne Rooney

You just want to keep playing consistently now and keep working hard and I'm sure the goals will come. — Wayne Rooney

As a prosecutor, I've been in prisons. I've had the opportunity to see what they're like in America. — Tom Rooney

I was so nearly happy. There remained only a tiny something, something unexplained and inexplicable that buzzed in my ear when the lights were out, like a malarial mosquito. — Jennie Rooney

If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking. Also, the people whom I grew up with all did things they really loved. And I think that's an important lesson. — Rooney Mara

When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform. — Mickey Rooney

All right, all right," he said, with that gesture I'd come to hate: two open palms facing me and patting the air, as if pushing me away, pushing me down, pushing any tears I might be preparing to cry back into their ducts. — Kathleen Rooney

I've learned ... That life is tough, but I'm tougher. — Andy Rooney

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran. — Andy Rooney

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

I've learned ... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you ... More — Andy Rooney

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt. — Andy Rooney

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men. — Andy Rooney

I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything but mush for breakfast. — Mickey Rooney

I've always had a respect for psychiatry as a profession. — Rooney Mara

The goal of all your hard work should be to make your reality everyone else's fantasy land. — Martyn Rooney

My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first. — Rooney Mara

I am as passionate about the England team as anyone. — Wayne Rooney

Nowadays, it is fashionable for agents to be out. When you call them, they're always "out." It's in, you see, to be out. If they're in, they're out. So, they're always out. That way, they'll be in. — Mickey Rooney

The biggest thrill wasn't in winning on Sunday but in meeting the payroll on Monday. — Art Rooney

Why am I an atheist? I ask you: Why is anybody not an atheist? Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants are atheists until they are indoctrinated. I resent anyone pushing their religion on me. I don't push my atheism on anybody else. Live and let live. Not many people practice that when it comes to religion. — Andy Rooney

My marriage license reads, 'To whom it may concern,' — Mickey Rooney

If Barbra Steisand wants to make a picture called 'My Pink Fingernail,' the studios will go, 'Gee, Barbra, what a wonderful idea! Money is no object! Take two years in preproduction and write the music, and you'll direct.' — Mickey Rooney

We've sent a man to the moon and that's 29,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week but for some reason nobody's ever done it. — Andy Rooney

Nothing drives me more than to, hopefully, be able to hand (Steelers chairman Dan Rooney) that fifth (Vince Lombardi) trophy. If I can do that, then I would think, that when he brought me here, I finally accomplished what he wanted me to do. — Bill Cowher

I mean, the notion that we must love everything in this country or get out and go someplace else is ridiculous. I mean, if you
the best thing a patriotic American can do is to look and be critical and find out what's wrong and try to make it better. That's what a patriotic American does. — Andy Rooney

When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools. — Andy Rooney

Spirituality is human equality. Spirituality is human rights. They are one and the same thing," Lord Fire replied "To act as if you are religious or spiritual whilst treating other people unequally or as an inferior means you are nothing but a fraud."

Book 5 - The King of Control — M.C. Rooney

Burning a bridge, as any tactician will tell you, sometimes saves more than it costs. I — Kathleen Rooney

But there was no way to know, and no way to go back. I could not revise. I had been who I had been, and so I largely remained. — Kathleen Rooney

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by. — Andy Rooney

I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice. — Wayne Rooney

For though I was raised Protestant, my true religion is actually civility. Please note that I do not call my faith "politeness." That's part of it, yes, but I say civility because I believe that good manners are essential to the preservation of humanity - one's own and others' - but only to the extent that that civility is honest and reasonable, not merely the mindless handmaiden of propriety. — Kathleen Rooney

I just want to make sure that I give the animators everything they need, so they have plenty of choices to match their animation. — Mickey Rooney

Diving has been in the game for years. Probably the coverage the game gets now, with all the cameras around, it gets highlighted a bit more. But it hasn't got any worse. — Wayne Rooney

I've been coming back like a rubber ball for years. — Mickey Rooney

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short. — Mickey Rooney

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight. — Wayne Rooney

We had one of those Friday dates that turned into an entire weekend, and by the end of it, I loved him so much my larynx ached. Vulnerable love, incorrigible love. Love in which he was both the nausea and the sodium bicarbonate. — Kathleen Rooney