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.
BOB HOPEDon’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you’re God’s frozen people.
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Everybody is afraid they won’t have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his appendix taken out and a piggy bank put in.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
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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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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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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.
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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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The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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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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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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