Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
GEORGE BURNSToo bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
More George Burns Quotes
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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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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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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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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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I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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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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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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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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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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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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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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At my age flowers scare me.
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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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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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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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