George Burns

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. ↗

— George Burns

#avoiding #i #important #key #longevity

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. ↗

— George Burns

#down #else #getting #getting old #know

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age. ↗

— George Burns

#age #die #few #few people #got

I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. ↗

— George Burns

#future #going #i #life #look

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. ↗

— George Burns

#get #getting #getting older #help #old

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. ↗

— George Burns

#drunk #fourteenth #get #i #me

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

— George Burns

#busy #country #cutting #hair #how

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. ↗

— George Burns

#hate #i #i love #love #rather

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday. ↗

— George Burns

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Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle. ↗

— George Burns

#cigar #depends #good #good meal #handle