Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
BOB HOPEBing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you’ll promise her anything.
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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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The service at the Imperial (Tokyo) is the finest I’ve encountered anywhere. There was a button next to my bed marked ROOM SERVICE – and a maid to press it for me.
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Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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