Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
BOB HOPEFailure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
BOB HOPETokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
BOB HOPEWhenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
BOB HOPEAmerica is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
BOB HOPELaughter is therapy-an instant vacation.
BOB HOPEIf you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
BOB HOPEIt 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 HOPEI’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.
BOB HOPEIt’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.
BOB HOPEI see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
BOB HOPEIn England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
BOB HOPEWe’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
BOB HOPEOne of our stock lines used to be “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Bing, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me.” And that’s the way we go through life – doing nothing for each other!
BOB HOPEAt the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
BOB HOPEGolf 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.
BOB HOPEShe said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
BOB HOPE