Creative Quotations from George Burns (1896-1996)

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George Burns
(1896-1996) born on Jan 20

US comedian, actor. He was famous, with wife Gracie Allen, in vaudeville, radio, and TV's "Burns and Allen Show," 1950-58.

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

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

If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

If I get big laughs, I'm a comedian. If I get little laughs, I'm a humorist. If I get no laughs, I'm a singer.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "Life," Dec 1979.
R:	At age 87; he lived to be 100.
A:	International Herald Tribune, Paris, 9 Nov 1988.
N:	Reader's Digest, 1 Jul 1990.
K:	In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.