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01Undated

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

George Burns / quote

02Undated

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

George Burns / quote

03Undated

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

George Burns / quote

04Undated

Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

George Burns / quote

05Undated

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 / quote

06Undated

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

George Burns / quote

07Undated

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

George Burns / quote

08Undated

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

George Burns / quote