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Bob Hope113 quotes“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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When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
Bob HopeBob Hope When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
Bob HopeBob Hope Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
Bob HopeBob Hope You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
Bob HopeBob Hope It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
Bob HopeBob Hope We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
Bob HopeBob Hope She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
Bob HopeBob Hope If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
Bob HopeBob Hope In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
Bob HopeBob Hope To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
Bob HopeBob Hope I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
Bob HopeBob Hope 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.
Bob HopeBob Hope Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
Bob HopeBob Hope It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
Bob HopeBob Hope On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
Bob HopeBob Hope Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
Bob HopeBob Hope
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
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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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
Bob HopeBob Hope Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.
Bob HopeBob Hope Clinton’s an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?
Bob KerreyBob Kerrey C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.
Bjarne StroustrupBjarne Stroustrup The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
Bill MurrayBill Murray Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America’s biggest export is now the Oscar.
Billy CrystalBilly Crystal And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
Billy JoelBilly Joel It’s weird that people expect me to be funny. I find it a real burden when I’m expected to be humorous on talk shows.
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