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George Burns Quotes: The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible.
         

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible.


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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.



There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.

There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.



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



First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.



Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.



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

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



It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.



I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.

I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.



I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast.

I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast.





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I've come to a view that humans will continue to do what we do well, and that computers will continue to do what they do very well, and the two will coexist, but in different spaces.

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It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic.

It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic.



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Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.

Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.



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