R. A. Rooney Quotes

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

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country.

I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!

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

Death is a distant rumor to the young.

The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account.

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For me, there would be trouble in stopping learning.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long. So it's actually kind of nice to go home to a hotel and be alone and unwind.

I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up, and getting paid for it.

I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done

I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of loneliness.

I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.

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.

You can't be a good writer without being a good thinker.

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

A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.

I've trained all my life. I've always been one who enjoys training so it's not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.

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

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.

I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old

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

I've learned... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others

Unfortunately, propaganda works.

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

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more.

Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.

I hear Jerry Falwell every Sunday here talking about the devil and Hollywood. . . . I'm gonna write him a letter. Hollywood wasn't built on filth and dirt - it was built on talent.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.

Life is an infiltration course. We all try and get through it. We all try and get through it unscathed - maybe not hurt, not bruised. No bones broken, maybe a few hearts here and there.

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

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.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

I don't know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it? Are you supposed to put the cotton back in once you've taken a pill out?

I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs – today. N-O-W. No Other Way.

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

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.

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

Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.

Football's about the young players, bringing youth team players through to the first team and hopefully getting the best out of them so they can go on to play for their country.

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