And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
BOB HOPEWe’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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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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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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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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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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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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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 have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here – just for me.
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
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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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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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