I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
BOB HOPEShe said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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There’s a very apt saying in show business: “If you don’t go over budget in Paris, you’re either very rich or very sick. “
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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It’s amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn’t sell theirs threw them away.
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Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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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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You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
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I can’t give up Golf, I’ve got too many sweaters.
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The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
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