George Burns
George Burns
George Burnswas an American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. He and his wife, Gracie Allen, appeared on radio, television, and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 January 1896
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.
I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.
I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.
I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down.
By [age] 93, I had shrunk quite a lot. My car was known as the Phantom Cadillac. People would see it whizzing by and they would swear there was no driver.
How can I die? I'm booked.
When I wasn't working, I put the blame directly where it belonged - I blamed my agent. When I didn't have an agent, I spent time looking for a new agent so I would have somebody to blame.
When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.
Young. Old. Just Words.
I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
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.