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George Burns was the father I never had. -- Bobby Darin
George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. -- Tom Waits
I know George Burns was a very happy man. -- Marlo Thomas
My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens. -- Joseph Bologna
There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now. -- Merle Haggard
If you look at Jack Benny, George Burns, or Don Rickles, they've all had long, successful marriages. So, I think there's something about laughter and the durability of a marriage. -- Bob Newhart
Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know. -- Rich Little
I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh. -- Marlo Thomas
George Burns was the father I never had -- Bobby Darin
George Burns . . . the only man I know who does fool Mother Nature. -- Ronald Reagan
So George Burns and my grandpa took me to my first baseball game. -- Leigh Steinberg
When you talk about George Burns you're talking about a living legend . . . well, a legend, anyhow. -- Don Rickles
George Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age? -- Johnny Carson
Through the miracles of modern medicine George Burns still chases pretty girls, and through the miracle of modern psychiatry he intends to find out why! -- Frank Welker
Since I met him ten years ago there hasn't been a day that I didn't think of George Burns. And I didn't think of him again today. -- Joan Rivers
George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year to support a kid in India. So he sent his kids there. -- Red Buttons
The fact that Americans drag around the world by the busloads to glimpse the past probably has something to do with the youth of our country. We revere anything older than George Burns. -- Erma Bombeck
I am very much inspired by the great masters of entertainment: Bob Hope, George Burns, Jimmy Durante - who never thought about retiring. When people ask me if I plan to retire, I say, "Retire to what? I am doing what I love best right now!" -- Tony Bennett

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