{"id":154525,"date":"2023-01-20T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=154525"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:00:18","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-george-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=154525","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from George Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"

“First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“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.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

“Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere.” ~ George Burns January 20, 1896 \u2013 March 9, 1996<\/p>\n

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