We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
BOB HOPEIf I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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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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Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes.
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I’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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The stealth bomber is supposed to be a big deal. It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I’ve been doing that all my life.
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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’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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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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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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I led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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