George Burns

Showing quotations 1 to 19 of 19 total Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. George Burns Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age. George Burns Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. George BurnsHappiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. George Burns I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. George BurnsI was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect. George Burns I'd go out with women my age, but there are no women my age. George BurnsI'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. George BurnsI'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left. George BurnsIf you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. George BurnsIf you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. George Burns It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. George BurnsRetirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. George BurnsThe secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible. George Burns This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. George Burns Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. George BurnsYou can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. George BurnsYou know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. George Burns

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