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 BURNSBe quick to learn and wise to know.
More George Burns Quotes
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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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Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.
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It’s good to be here. At 98, it’s good to be anywhere.
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You’ve got to be honest; if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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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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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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How can I die? I’m booked.
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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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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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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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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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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 spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
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It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
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Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
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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 can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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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’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
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You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
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Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.
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At my age flowers scare me.
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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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