If 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 BURNSIt’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
More George Burns Quotes
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
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I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere.
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First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
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How can I die? I’m booked.
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Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
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Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.
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Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
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I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.
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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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It’s hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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This is the sixth book I’ve written, which isn’t bad for a guy who’s only read two.
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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.
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I don’t believe in dying. It’s been done. I’m working on a new exit. Besides, I can’t die now – I’m booked.
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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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