This is the sixth book I’ve written, which isn’t bad for a guy who’s only read two.
GEORGE BURNSThis is the sixth book I’ve written, which isn’t bad for a guy who’s only read two.
GEORGE BURNSI honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
GEORGE BURNSEverything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up.
GEORGE BURNSHappiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
GEORGE BURNSToo bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
GEORGE BURNSIt’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
GEORGE BURNSIf 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.
GEORGE BURNSDon’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
GEORGE BURNSRetirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
GEORGE BURNSFirst you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
GEORGE BURNSBe quick to learn and wise to know.
GEORGE BURNSI would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
GEORGE BURNSI’m at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
GEORGE BURNSI 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.
GEORGE BURNSI can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
GEORGE BURNSHow can I die? I’m booked.
GEORGE BURNS