Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.
Quote by George Burns
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Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.
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George Burns Quotes
- Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.
- At my age flowers scare me.
- I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
- Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
- Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
- If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.
- I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
- I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
- I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.
- I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
Best Quotes
- In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
- For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
- A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.
- A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
- Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
- Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at?
- When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
- The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
- Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.