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George Burns

1896 - 1996

George Burns was an American comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his long career in show business that spanned vaudeville, radio, television, and film. He is remembered for his distinctive cigar, his role in the comedy duo Burns and Allen with his wife Gracie Allen, and for his Academy Award-winning performance in "The Sunshine Boys."

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

    George Burns
    #family#happiness#love

  2. I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

    George Burns
    #age#appreciation#humor

  3. Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

    George Burns
    #sex#humor#aging

  4. Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

    George Burns
    #retirement#youth#humor

  5. If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

    George Burns
    #age#mortality#life

  6. Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

    George Burns
    #age#humor#perspective

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

    George Burns
    #failure#passion#success

  8. At my age flowers scare me.

    George Burns
    #flowers#fear#aging

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

    George Burns
    #money#motivation#productivity

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

    George Burns
    #age#perspective#growth