Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
BOB HOPEI only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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I don’t know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
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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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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 best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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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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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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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 have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.
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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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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.
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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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The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he’s really pissed off.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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