Bob Hope on golf
Bob Hope113 quotes“We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.”
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England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
Bob HopeBob Hope Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
Bob HopeBob Hope Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
Bob HopeBob Hope I made that picture, and then suddenly the whole situation closed in again. And it became bedlam.(On the 1968 shooting of U.S. presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy.)
Bill EppridgeBill Eppridge Better informed delegates, better workplace safety saves companies money. Unions are very good at safety. We are good at teaching delegates how to resolve disputes.
Bill ShortenBill Shorten When you get over 95, every day is your day.
Bob HopeBob Hope The bottom line is that TV can either be a great asset to your career, or if you’re a complete ass that people hate, it can be the final nail in your coffin.
Bret MichaelsBret Michaels Christianity is a religion in a rush.
Yann MartelYann Martel When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in.
Bob HopeBob Hope I feel, first of all, very privileged that these people think enough of me that they made me commissioner. And it’s almost like, as Yogi Berra said, ‘deja vu all over again.’
Bobby HullBobby Hull Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
Bob HopeBob Hope Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
Bob HopeBob Hope US President Gerald Ford’s golf was so bad we thought he was a ‘Hitman for the PGA!
Bob HopeBob Hope 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.
Bob HopeBob Hope We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
Bob HopeBob Hope
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Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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It is the constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth playing.
Bernard DarwinBernard Darwin It was right after 9/11 and I decided to walk around the grounds of the Pentagon, because I had never been there.
Bill BurrBill Burr He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he’s like “there’s a golf shot. That’s a golf shot.” Well of course it’s a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don’t see Gretzky skating around going “there’s a hockey shot, that’s a hockey shot.”
Bill EngvallBill Engvall I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.
Betsy RawlsBetsy Rawls Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
Ben HoganBen Hogan We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it’s a great game.
Bernhard LangerBernhard Langer I feel it’s important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.
Betty FordBetty Ford