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At my age flowers scare me.
George Burns
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George Burns
Age: 100 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 20
Died: 1996
Died: March 9
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Nathan Birnbaum
George N. Burns
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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.
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Love is a lot like a backache. It doesn't show up on x-rays, but you know it's there.
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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.
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Say Goodnight Gracie.
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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.
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I don't care what you do for a living. If you love it, you are a success.
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Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left
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This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.
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Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.
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When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'
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As long as you're working, you stay young.
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She didn't need to go to acting school to learn that the essence of acting is to act like you're not acting.
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When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.
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I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
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Much later in life, though, Gracie made a major contribution to the opera world. She stayed out of it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.
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I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
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