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A Quote From Andy Rooney

December 7, 2009 editorial, lifestyle 2 Comments

andy_rooneyby Catherine L. Tully

Today I’d like to share with you a quote from Andy Rooney:

“Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.”

I was just thinking about how typically at this time of year I have no work to do. I begin complaining about the fact that it will be boring, and I’ll be broke, and the blasted career field doesn’t come around again until after the Superbowl. I groused like mad for all of November this year, preparing myself for the silence in my inbox and the fact that it would be a tight couple of months. Then it happened. Three large projects on my plate–all with tight deadlines and lots of detail. And then Andy Rooney’s quote appeared in my e-mail…as if to remind me that I had just been complaining about how slow it was going to be.

Somebody please pass the salt.

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Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. Jake P says:

    One of my other favorite Rooneyisms is “We’ve been going to hell in a handbasket for so long, I’m surprised we’re not there yet.”

  2. That IS a good one! He’s an icon….

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