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 BURNSRetirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
More George Burns Quotes
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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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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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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
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How can I die? I’m booked.
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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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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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It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
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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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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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It’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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