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• I don't worry about getting old. I'm old already. Only young people worry about getting old. When I was 65, I had Cupid's eczema. 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.

  George Burns

  Believe, People, Worry

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• When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.

  George Burns

  Funny, Here I Am, Age

  "Just You and Me Kid", 1979.

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• Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .

  George Burns

  Funny, Humorous, Mean

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• There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men.

  George Burns

  Funny, Sex, Humor

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• The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.

  George Burns

  Truth, Heart, Reality

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• A married couple that plays cards together is just a fight that hasn't started yet.

  George Burns

  Marriage, Wedding, Couple

  George Burns (1988). “Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.

  George Burns

  Funny, Drinking, Fall

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• When I was in Vegas women were throwing their hotel keys at me. But it was after they checked out.

  George Burns

  Vegas, Keys, Throwing

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• Young. Old. Just Words.

  George Burns

  Age, Young

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• Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too.

  George Burns

  Strong, Nice, Ideas

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• People are always asking me how much I'm worth. Well, all I can say is, I've got enough money to last me the rest of my life. As long as I die in the next 20 minutes.

  George Burns

  Long, People, Lasts

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• In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.

  George Burns

  Honesty, Business, Keys

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• Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

  George Burns

  Funny, Humorous, Reality

  George Burns, Hal Goldman (1992). “Wisdom of the 90s”, Perigee Books

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• My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.

  George Burns

  Falling In Love, Motivation, Work

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• Yale men do not like to be told anything by people who didn't go to Yale. The closest I came to Yale was once I had one of their padlocks.

  George Burns

  Men, Yale, People

  George Burns (1988). “Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I thought to myself, 'why not write a bestseller?' In the first place, more people buy them and more people read them. You make more money and it doesn’t take any more time to write a bestseller than it does to write a book nobody buys.

  George Burns

  Funny, Book, Writing

  George Burns (1991). “The Most of George Burns”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• If you were married to Marilyn Monroe, you'd cheat with some ugly girl.

  George Burns

  Girl, Ugly, Married

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• If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.

  George Burns

  Laughing, Comedian, Littles

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• When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.

  George Burns

  Age, Vitality, Aging

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• The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.

  George Burns

  Retirement, Years, People

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• Take care not to wear stripes that are out of sync with your wrinkles.

  George Burns

  Wrinkles, Stripes, Care

  George Burns, Hal Goldman (1992). “Wisdom of the 90s”, Perigee Books

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• Life's but a day at most.

  George Burns

  Life

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• Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.

  George Burns

  Funny, Humorous, Later In Life

  George Burns (1988). “Gracie/Caeser Spec Ed”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I get a standing ovation just standing

  George Burns

  Inspiration, Ovation, Standing

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• A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

  George Burns

  Men, Night, Healthy

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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