You 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 BURNSNice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
More George Burns Quotes
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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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This is the sixth book I’ve written, which isn’t bad for a guy who’s only read two.
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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.
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If it’s a good script I’ll do it. And if it’s a bad script, and they pay me enough, I’ll do it.
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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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If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.
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I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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It’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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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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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.
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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
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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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