George Burns Quotes - Page 6

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• Sex is the Universal Language in which nobody speaks; they don't have to.

  George Burns

  Funny, Sex, Humorous

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

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• When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.

  George Burns

  Funny, Agents, Blame

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

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• I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I am a writer. Look, if it were all good, you'd be paying twice as much for this book.

  George Burns

  Funny, Reading, Book

  "The Most of George Burns".

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

  George Burns

  Funny, Humor, Smoking

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• Well, anybody can be a straight man if he hears well. You just have to wait for laughs. A straight man just repeats the questions and the comedian gets the laughs and you just wait for them and don't let them die completely at the tail end of the laugh.

  George Burns

  Men, Laughing, Waiting

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

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• This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.

  George Burns

  Years, Exciting, Decided

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• How did I ever get sick? I've already had everything.

  George Burns

  Funny, Sick

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• I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.

  George Burns

  Funny, Humor, Too Much

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

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• If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.

  George Burns

  Long, Enough, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.

  George Burns

  Thinking, People, Guy

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

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• Everyday happiness means you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

  George Burns

  Happiness, Home, Mean

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• It's one of the old show business axioms. No matter how successful you've been, there's always a younger and sexier seal coming along.

  George Burns

  Success, Matter, Shows

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

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• I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like.

  George Burns

  Shows, Show Business

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

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• None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around to naming one, there was another on the way.

  George Burns

  Funny, Mother, Humorous

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

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• Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.

  George Burns

  Caring, Joy, Towns

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• I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in a chair. Oh, occasionally, I stand up again to do a dance or put over a song. But mostly I sit down. A great invention, sitting down.

  George Burns

  Song, Sitting Down, Great Inventions

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