When asked in his late 90s if his doctor knew he still smoked, Burns said, 'No ... he's dead.'
George BurnsMy major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly to the audience, and then be able to go right back into the action. That was an original idea of mine; I know it was because I originally stole it from Thornton Wilder's play Our Town.
George BurnsI can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.
George Burns