Quote

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

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
Stay
Business
Enough
Long

More quotes by George Burns

Image
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
George Burns
Image
A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.
George Burns
Image
Love is a lot like a backache. It doesn't show up on x-rays, but you know it's there.
George Burns
Image
In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.
George Burns
Image
There are two kinds of cruises - pleasure and with children.
George Burns
Image
Let me get one thing straight I'm not an authority on sex, I'm more of a fan. I think sex is nice no family should be without it. Of course, there are other things that are just as important as sex, like uh . . . like uh . . . like . . . uh . . . well, I'll think of it later.
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
Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.
George Burns
Image
Joy is obtaining a big, loving, caring shut-knit household in yet another town.
George Burns
Image
How can I die? I'm booked.
George Burns
Image
At my age flowers scare me.
George Burns
Image
With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink.
George Burns
Image
As long as you're working, you stay young.
George Burns
Image
Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
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 can't afford to die I'd lose too much money.
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
In those days the best painkiller was ice it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.
George Burns
Image
I get a standing ovation just standing
George Burns
Image
Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.
George Burns