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.
GEORGE BURNSYou know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.
More George Burns Quotes
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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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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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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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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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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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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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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 can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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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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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 look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.
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