George Burns
Comedian
1896-01-20 – 1996-03-09
George Burns was an American comedian and actor whose career spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. He was widely known for the comedy duo Burns and Allen with Gracie Allen. In later life he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Books by George Burns
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All my best friends
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Quotes by George Burns
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible.
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Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.
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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.
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I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible.
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Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money is so evil, shouldn't it be, 'A wise man and his money are soon parted'? And another thing, how does a fool get money in the first place? I know some fools who have a lot of money, but they won't tell me how they got it, and I won't tell them.
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Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.
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Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.
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At my age flowers scare me.
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If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
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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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I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
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I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.
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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.
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