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Factbox: Quotes from "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney

/ Source: Reuters

"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney, who died Friday night in New York at age 92 from complications following minor surgery, was known for speaking his mind. Following are examples of his comments:

* "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."

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

* "If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one."

* "All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law."

* "It would be a better world if everyone in it knew all the truth about everything."

* "I'm already suspicious of anyone who thinks he or she is smart enough to be president. You'd have to have some ego to believe that about yourself."

* "We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones."

* "We've sent a man to the moon and that's 29,000 miles away. The center of the Earth is only 4,000 miles away. You could drive that in a week but for some reason nobody's ever done it."

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