George Burns Quotes

Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.

I was always taught to respect my elders and I’ve now reached the age when I don’t have anybody to respect.

If you live to the age of a hundred, you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.

The reason we’re doing this now is because I’m booked to play Pasadena the week of my 100th birthday. (during a TV special ostensibly to celebrate his 100th birthday)

By the time you are 80, you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.

People ask me what I’d most appreciate getting for my 87 birthday. I tell them a paternity suit.

“Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?” – “That’s true.” – “Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?” – “That’s true.” – “Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?” – “That’s true.” – “What does your doctor say about all of this?” […]

I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.