![]() ![]() ![]() Now 80 percent of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of forty-plus, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some twenty-two-year-old waitress.įor all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free,” here’s an update for you. Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles in National Velvet and The Human Comedy, said Rooney was 'the closest thing to a genius' with whom he had ever worked. Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney 'the best there has ever been'. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart. They always know.Ī woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. Women over forty couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women. Andy Rooney, the curmudgeonly commentator who closed every Sunday broadcast of television's 60 Minutes news magazine with a (typically sardonic) essay about some aspect of everyday life, was. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.Ī woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. Example: Collected on the Internet, October 2007 I've learned. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. Published Claim: List compiles Andy Rooney's observations on what he'd learned. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing. And, it’s usually something more interesting.Ī woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Andy Rooney once said, 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. If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. Title: In His Old Age Text: I Kings 1:1-4 and 2:1-12 Thesis: There are life lessons to be learned from observing King David’s aging and dying. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think. We think it'll be good for us.“As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. "Everything we do is for some reason we think makes sense. "For the biggest part of the year, we're battling our friends and battling our enemies, we're competing with everyone in an effort to get ahead of them," he said. The man known for his often caustic take on American traditions was surprisingly soft on the holidays. "I've had Christmas presents I liked better than others, but I've never had a Christmas present I didn't like." I think of my complaint as a public service."īut at Christmas time, Rooney said, he's more like Gretzky. I make sure the waiter knows I'm not happy about it, and I figure the waiter will let the chef know. In the 1988 video above, he brought up hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who once said that if he orders his steak rare and it comes well-done, he eats it anyway. By his own admission, Andy Rooney wasn't the type to stay quiet if something was not to his liking.
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