Quotes by George Burns

George Burns

George Burns

American Comedy Actor

Lived from: 1896 - 1996

Category: Movie Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 20 january 1896 Died: 9 march 1996

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  • Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
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  • Be quick to learn and wise to know.
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  • By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
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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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  • How can I die? I'm booked.
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  • I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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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'm going to stay in show business until I'm the last one left.
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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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  • It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
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  • It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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  • Life's but a day at most.
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  • Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life.
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  • Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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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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  • Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
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  • You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
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  • You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.
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What are the most famous quotes from George Burns?

The two most famous quotes from George Burns are:

  • "Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age."
  • "Be quick to learn and wise to know."

When did George Burns live?

George Burns was born in 1896 and died in the year 1996.