Quote

At my age flowers scare me.

George Burns

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Scare
Birthday
Aging
Flowers
Flower
Humor
Age
Springtime
Funny

More quotes by George Burns

Image
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
George Burns
Image
There are many ways to die in bed, but the best way is not alone.
George Burns
Image
Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.
George Burns
Image
Tennis is a young man's game. Until you're 25, you can play singles. From 25 to 35, you should play doubles. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but when I played, there were 28 men on the court - just on my side of the net.
George Burns
Image
When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.
George Burns
Image
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
Image
It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.
George Burns
Image
I get a standing ovation just standing
George Burns
Image
The heart is a temple wherein all truth resides.
George Burns
Image
There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.
George Burns
Image
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
George Burns
Image
What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear on the screen.
George Burns
Image
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
Image
I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.
George Burns
Image
Say Goodnight Gracie.
George Burns
Image
My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.
George Burns
Image
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
Image
She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.
George Burns
Image
I can't afford to die I'd lose too much money.
George Burns
Image
In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.
George Burns