If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.

Quote by George Burns

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

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

I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.

I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good...

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good...

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember...

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember...

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running...

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running...

I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides,...

I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides,...

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

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

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy...

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy...

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

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

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

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember...

Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember...

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

On his running for California Governor: It's the most important decision I've had to make...

On his running for California Governor: It's the most important decision I've had to make...

After all these years, its still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf...

After all these years, its still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf...