255 Quotes by George Burns

When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.

I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries.

Take care not to wear stripes that are out of sync with your wrinkles.

This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.

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.

In what other business can a guy my age drink martinis, smoke cigars and sing? I think all people who retire ought to go into show business. I've been retired all my life.

A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

When we played the back end of a horse we always knew that if we worked hard and did a good job we could become the front end.

Young. Old. Just words. Inside we feel like our shoe size.