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George Burns
January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996
Nationality: American
Category: Comedian
Subcategory: American Comedian

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

   

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

   

You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.

   

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

   

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

   

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

   

I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.

   

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.

   

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

   

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

   

It's hard for me to get used to these changing times. I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.

   

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.

   

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

   

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.

   

Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life.

   

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

   

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

   

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.

   

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

   

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

   

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