I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
BOB HOPEI’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to you.
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Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
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Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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