I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
BOB HOPEIt was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.
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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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I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don’t they just print our money with a return address on it?
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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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Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he’s not running for anything.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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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 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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