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.
GEORGE BURNSToo bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
More George Burns Quotes
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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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’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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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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I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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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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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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If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.
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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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I’m at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
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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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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
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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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