“When they saw me walking down the street smoking a cigar, they'd say, 'Hey, that 14-year-old kid may be going places.' Of course it's also a good prop on the stage ... When you can't think of what you're supposed to say next, you can puff on your cigar until you think of your next line.” ThinkingYearsMayKidsCoursesNextLinesSawsStreetsStageWalkingHeySmokingThink Of YouCigarPropsPuffSmoking Cigars Author:George Burns
“The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsStillsSixYears AgoRetirementPerformersRetiringRetiredSaddest Author:George Burns
“This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.” YearsDecidedExciting Author:George Burns
“I like women to be attracted to me. See, when you get 60 years old, and they know you're 60, the only women you can get are 55-year-old women, and I like younger women.” KnowsYearsLike YouOld WomanI Like You Author:George Burns
“I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with a fellow the other day and he fell overboard. He yelled, Help! Help! Help! so I said, Help? Help? Help? And while I was waiting for him to get his laugh, he drowned.” MenYearsSaidHelpingForceWaitingLaughingHabitFellowsRepeatsFishingOverboard Author:George Burns
“Being an actor is easy, just picture someone in a room and you outside waiting for your cue to go in. Elliot Gould's been trying that for forty years.” TryingYearsActorsEasyWaitingRoomsForty Author:George Burns
“I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.” LifeYearsFunnyBlessingHumorousTownsWittySunday Author:George Burns
“Just because you're old that doesn't mean you're more forgetful. The same people whose names I can't remember now I couldn't remember fifty years ago. . .” PeopleYearsMeanI CanFunnyRememberNamesHumorousYears AgoFiftyForgetful Author:George Burns
