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.
BOB HOPEI 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.
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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Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It’s going to get us out of the house after dark!
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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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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.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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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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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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Lots of travel, away from home.
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Chiropractic is a wonderful means of natural healing!
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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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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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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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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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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in.
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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to you.
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I can’t give up Golf, I’ve got too many sweaters.
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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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