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George Burns

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.


— George Burns


#another #caring #city #family #happiness

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


— George Burns


#busy #country #cutting #driving #hair

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.


— George Burns


#boy #dead #i #only #sea

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.


— George Burns


#like #pool #rope #sex #shoot

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.


— George Burns


#bed #make #stay #unless #you

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.


— George Burns


#humor #religion #humor

I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody.


— George Burns


#birthday #age

I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.


— George Burns


#humor

I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.


— George Burns


#success #love

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.


— George Burns


#faces #finally #first #forget #names






About George Burns

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Did you know about George Burns?

Thus did CBS reap the benefits when Burns and Allen moved to television in 1950. The entire concept of the Burns and Allen characters however was one created and developed by Burns. A total of 291 episodes were created.

He continued to work until shortly before his death in 1996 at the age of 100. George Burns (January 20 1896 – March 9 1996) born Nathan Birnbaum was an American comedian actor and writer.

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