Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
George Burns
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Street Artist
Television Actor
Writer
New York City
New York
Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
Wish
Youthfulness
Helping
Optimistic
Birthday
Aging
Older
Getting
Age
Help
More quotes by George Burns
I use the cigar for timing purposes. If I tell a joke, I smoke as long as they laugh and when they stop laughing I take the cigar out of my mouth and start my next joke.
George Burns
How can I die? I'm booked.
George Burns
Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.
George Burns
Since I've made it to 87 so far, obviously my two kids and my seven grandchildren haven't been too hard on me. On the other hand, the fact that I have an unlisted phone number and move a lot might have something to do with it.
George Burns
Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.
George Burns
I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.
George Burns
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
George Burns
There are two kinds of cruises - pleasure and with children.
George Burns
I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
George Burns
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
George Burns
It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone that knows how to run a government is either driving taxicabs or cutting hair.
George Burns
If you stay in the business long enough and get to be old enough, you get to be new again.
George Burns
When I die I intend to take my music with me. I don't know what's out there, but I want to make sure it's in my key.
George Burns
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
When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.
George Burns
Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.
George Burns
Bridge is a game that separates the men from the boys. It also separates husbands and wives.
George Burns
If I paid $3 or $4 for a cigar, first I'd sleep with it.
George Burns
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.
George Burns
I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down, no problem.
George Burns
