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George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks. He and his wife Gracie Allen appeared on radio, television and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen.
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.
I want nothing to do with natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.
If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
It is kind of strange watching your personal history become costume.