Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up.
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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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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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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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice 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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If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.
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I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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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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I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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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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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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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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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.
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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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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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You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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At my age flowers scare me.
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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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Acting is all about honesty. 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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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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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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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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I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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