George Burns Retirement Quotations

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.

Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.