Rooney Quotes

It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail. ~ Rooney Mara

Growing up, watching the Premier League as far back as I can remember, feeling the trophy and having the medal around my neck was an unbelievable feeling. ~ Wayne Rooney

Everyone hates war, everyone says. ~ Andy Rooney

My mother always called me 'sturdy' and said I have big bones. A little fat is what I am. ~ Andy Rooney

Still, Connell went home that night and read over some notes he had been making for a new story, and he felt the old beat of pleasure in his body, like watching a perfect goal, like the rustling movement of light through leaves, a phrase of music from the window of a passing car. Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything. ~ Sally Rooney

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe. ~ Andy Rooney

You always pass failure on your way to success. ~ Mickey Rooney

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ. ~ Mickey Rooney

I've learned ... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts. ~ Andy Rooney

I like you so much, Marianne said. Connell felt a pleasurable sorrow come over him, which brought him close to tears. Moments of emotional pain arrived like this, meaningless or at least indecipherable. Marianne lived a drastically free life, he could see that. He was trapped by various considerations. He cared what people thought of him. He even cared what Marianne thought, that was obvious now. ~ Sally Rooney

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

Don't keep saying, "I don't know where the time goes." It goes the same place it's always gone and no one has ever known where that is. ~ Andy Rooney

Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican candidate's sex tape? ~ Kathleen Rooney

I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything. ~ Kathleen Rooney

I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II. ~ Andy Rooney

On Hollywood turning its back on him: I wasn't in the club. You see, I'm not going to be a stroker. I never have been all my life. ~ Mickey Rooney

Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life. ~ Sally Rooney

Don't take a butcher's advice on how to cook meat. If he knew, he'd be a chef. ~ Andy Rooney

From a young age her life has been abnormal, she knows that. But so much is covered over in time now, the way leaves fall and cover a piece of earth, and eventually mingle with the soil. Things that happened to her then are buried in the earth of her body. ~ Sally Rooney

...our relationship was like a Word document that we were writing and editing together, or a long private joke which nobody else could understand. ~ Sally Rooney

Conservatives are more religious than liberals
although there is no evidence that they're nicer people because of it. ~ Andy Rooney

There are more beauty parlors than there are beauties. ~ Andy Rooney

You need to get straight in your mind what you think a good society would look like, said Marianne. And if you think people should be able to go to college and get English degrees, you shouldn't feel guilty for doing that yourself, because you have every right to. ~ Sally Rooney

People are a lot more knowable than they think they are. ~ Sally Rooney

Death is a distant rumor to the young. ~ Andy Rooney

People waiting for an elevator don't know what to do, standing with strangers. There is nothing to do. Its an uneasy time. Some press the button repeatedly as though it would help. ~ 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

This, after all, is the literal level on which the incident took place. She asked him to hit her and when he said he didn't want to, she wanted to stop having sex. So why, despite its factual accuracy, does this feel like a dishonest way of narrating what happened? What is the missing element, the excluded part of the story that explains what upset them both? It has something to do with their history, he knows that. Ever since school he has understood his power over her. How she responds to his look or the touch of his hand. The way her face colours, and she goes still as if awaiting some spoken order. His effortless tyranny over someone who seems, to other people, so invulnerable. He has never been able to reconcile himself to the idea of losing this hold over her, like a key to an empty property, left available for future use. In fact he has cultivated it, and he knows he has.
What's left for them, then? There doesn't seem to be a halfway position anymore. Too much has passed between them for that. So it's over, and they're just nothing? What would it even mean, to be nothing to her? He could avoid her, but as soon as he saw her again, even if they only glanced at one another outside a lecture hall, the glance could not contain nothing. He could never really want it to. He has sincerely wanted to die, but he has never sincerely wanted Marianne to forget about him. That's the only part of himself he wants to protect, the part that exists inside her. ~ Sally Rooney

We came when a lot of other Asian people came, after the law changed." "I remember that," I say. And I do, more or less. I remember Kennedy talking about the need for it - calling the old system of racist quotas intolerable - though it was Johnson who finally signed it. ~ Kathleen Rooney

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

She felt so intelligent and young and powerful that she almost could have achieved such a thing, and now she knew she wasn't at all powerful. ~ Sally Rooney

I've learned ... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for. ~ Andy Rooney

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

If you get murdered because you go on a date with someone you met on the Internet, you probably deserved it. ~ Andy Rooney

I like getting compliments where I don't have to make eye contact with the person ~ Sally Rooney

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness ~ Rooney Mara

To me, Paul Scholes was in a class of his own. ~ Wayne Rooney

There is obviously a great human need for religion because life seems to be such a mystery. ~ Andy Rooney

The outside world touches against her outside skin, but not the other part of herself, inside. ~ Sally Rooney

I've been stealing scenes all my life. ~ Mickey Rooney

I had a fifth grade teacher who, as a very small way of trying to contain my class clown energy, gave me 10 minutes at the end of class every Friday to present whatever I wanted. A lot of the time, I did an Andy Rooney impression. I would sit at her desk, empty it, and just comment on what was in there. ~ Andy Daly

... the snow keeps falling, like a ceaseless repetition of the same infinitesimally small mistake. ~ Sally Rooney

Women liked me because I made them laugh. ~ Mickey Rooney

In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and compelling nonfiction are not always identical to the ones that make good fiction. ~ Kathleen Rooney

I grew up an Everton fan, my whole family are Everton fans and I grew up hating Liverpool. And that hasn't changed. ~ Wayne Rooney

Let's make a statement to the airlines just to get their attention. We'll pick a week next year and we'll all agree not to go anywhere for seven days. ~ Andy Rooney

I've learned ... That love, not time, heals all wounds. ~ Andy Rooney

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

Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it. ~ Andy Rooney

I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful. ~ 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

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. ~ Andy Rooney

Now I literally roll out of bed and put on whatever is there. I have really enjoyed being a boy this last year. ~ Rooney Mara

I love Barbados, it's really relaxing. ~ Wayne Rooney

There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for it. I've made a list of safe targets and I probably ought to stick to those. Politicians, for instance. You can say anything you want about them, and it doesn't matter how unfair you are. People seem to like it. ~ Andy Rooney

I've learned ... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult. ~ Andy Rooney

Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is. ~ Andy Rooney

You can come up with reasons for why you can't do something until you're blue in the face. Instead of wasting the energy coming up with those reasons, use that same energy to find ways to make it happen. You'll be surprised at your ingenuity. ~ Erin Rooney Doland

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

She closes her eyes. He probably won't come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They've done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I'll always be here. You know that. ~ Sally Rooney

Smack! A large snowball hit the side of the garage.
Evelyn heaved another one, which curved, hitting Ryan who was just coming out of the house. "Hmm, a little off there," he commented, bending down.
Before she could react, he threw a snowball at her. ~ R.A. Rooney

Marianne expressed her feelings about Connell mainly in terms of her sustained interest in his opinions and beliefs, the curiosity she feels about his life, and her instinct to survey his thoughts whenever she feels conflicted about anything. ~ Sally Rooney

I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible. ~ Sally Rooney

She spent much of her childhood and adolescence planning elaborate scheme to remove herself from family conflict: staying completely silent, keeping her face and body expressionless and immobile, wordlessly leaving the room and making her way to her bedroom, closing the door quietly behind her. Locking herself in the toilet. Leaving the house for an indefinite number of hours and sitting in the school car park by herself. None of these strategies had ever proven successful. In fact her tactics only seemed to increase the possibility that she would be punished as the primary instigator. ~ Sally Rooney

When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me; I couldn't get a job. ~ Mickey Rooney

I'm in regular contact with people who are still in the military-friends, family, people I served with, men and women I taught at West Point-and I look at every military issue through that lens. What they say or think weighs heavily on my mind. ~ Tom Rooney

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

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can. ~ Wayne Rooney

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. ~ Andy Rooney

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up. ~ Wayne Rooney

Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents. ~ 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

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

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

I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last. ~ Wayne Rooney

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II. ~ Andy Rooney

There are sixteen cans of coffee here; together they hold a total of thirteen and a half pounds of coffee. Doesn't that seem like cheating? ~ Andy Rooney

One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents. ~ Andy Rooney

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

I don't know how to play the guitar, so having to be on stage in front of people doing something you don't really know how to do, it's terrifying. ~ Rooney Mara

He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. ~ Sally Rooney

Before a kid learns how to use a computer that can solve mathematical problems, he or she should know how to do arithmetic without a computer. ~ Andy Rooney

To those seniors, and especially elderly veterans like myself, I want to tell you this: You are not alone, and you having nothing to be ashamed of. If elder abuse happened to me, it can happen to anyone. I want you to know that you deserve better. ~ Mickey Rooney

She shrugs. She knows a confrontation is coming now, and she can do nothing to stop it. It's moving towards her already from every direction, and there's no special move she can make, no evasive gesture, that can help her escape it. ~ Sally Rooney

Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time. ~ Andy Rooney

Projecting weakness will not make us safer or discourage attacks against us. We need to show leadership and strength by demonstrating that we will not tolerate violent acts against our people, and we will not leave our citizens or our interests vulnerable to an attack. ~ Tom Rooney

Could he really do the gruesome things he does to her and believe at the same time that he's acting out of love? Is the world such an evil place, that love should be indistinguishable from the basest and most abusive forms of violence? ~ Sally Rooney

In bed we talked for hours, conversations that spiralled out from observations into grand, abstract theories and back again. (...) I didn't feel with her, like I did with many other people, that while I was talking she was just preparing the next thing she wanted to say. ~ Sally Rooney

We can sleep together if you want, but you should know I'm only doing it ironically.
​ ~ Sally Rooney

One of my biggest complaints about adulthood is that it's difficult to simply hang out with friends ~ Erin Rooney Doland

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

She hung up on me. Afterwards I lay on my bed feeling like a light had been switched off. ~ Sally Rooney

He finds himself rushing to the end of the conversation so they can hang up, and then he can retrospectively savor how much he likes seeing her, without the moment-to-moment pressure of having to produce the right expressions and say the right things. Just to see Helen, her beautiful face, her smile, and to know that she continues loving him, this puts the gift of joy into his day, and for hours he feels nothing but a light-headed happiness. ~ Sally Rooney

It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television. ~ Andy 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'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off ~ Andy Rooney

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

Obscenities ... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys. ~ Andy Rooney

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

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough. ~ Andy Rooney