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.

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• George Burns:

  This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

• George Burns:

  When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

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  You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do

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  If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding w

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

• George Burns:

  I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.

• George Burns:

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

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  Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting h

• George Burns:

  First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally,

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  It is never too late to be what you might have been.