George Burns Quotes

I don't worry about getting old. I'm old already. Only young people worry about getting old. When I was 65, I had Cupid's eczema. I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.

You have to embrace getting older.

Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Well, I'd like to think I am, and I'd also like to think that we're all having a lot more fun getting older than we pretend. It was interesting to me when I first started working on this book that I'd mentioned that I was writing a memoir about aging and everybody would moan and groan and carry on.

Old age spiritualizes people naturally

Looking 50 is great, if you're 60.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.

Age is such a natural progression you shouldn't fight it.

Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.