Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
BOB HOPEMy idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, “Don’t worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it’s obsolete.”
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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I have too much money invested in sweaters.
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Baseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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