Andy Rooney Quotes

Aw, no one's gonna shoot at me.

Why are you hanging around, then? Aren't you worried about getting hit?" "Aw, you'd never hurt me. My face is too pretty.

Most people who make threats don't follow through. The most dangerous people are often those who never make threats. But 'most' and 'often' aren't what you are looking for when you're dealing with a scary person. You want to 'know.' And there is no knowing.

I don't date guys that I just meet randomly. I don't feel comfortable meeting strangers.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.

We like to entertain, but it is not our duty to do so. I have had a lot of exciting fights and been hit way too much, so that is something to think about.

People have to realise we are footballers, we are targets but we have got to protect ourselves.

Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have.

Nowhere in the world is safe," Count Olaf said. Not with you around," Violet agreed. I'm no worse than anyone else," Count Olaf said.

The world is a dangerous place to live

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Don't pick up hitchhikers!"- D. Adams

We're not going to take the risk when it comes to the safety of the American people. No longer.

Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick me up and that I'd be waiting by the side of the road for a week.

I once stopped to pick up a girl, and then there was this creepy-looking guy standing behind the bushes waiting to jump out and get in, too. So I just quickly drove away.

How much would you want to stand at the wrong end of a shooting gallery?

The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.

Everything is removed. You're actually doing something dangerous when you get in your car, when you're getting on an airplane, or having sex.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

For the average person walking down a dark street late at night, a promise from a politician is worth far less than a .38 Special.

Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.

Stop fearing being attacked.