Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
GEORGE BURNSIt’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
More George Burns Quotes
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You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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How can I die? I’m booked.
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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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Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.
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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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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
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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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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.
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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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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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At my age flowers scare me.
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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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