If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.
GEORGE BURNSI’m at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
More George Burns Quotes
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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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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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How can I die? I’m booked.
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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 look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.
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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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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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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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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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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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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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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 good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
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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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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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