Out here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don’t worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
BOB HOPEIt’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I don’t know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He’s done nothing.
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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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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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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.
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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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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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It’s amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn’t sell theirs threw them away.
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We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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