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.
BOB HOPEI have too much money invested in sweaters.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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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 don’t know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He’s done nothing.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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You could buy my book in a paperback edition for a dollar, and in hard covers for $3.50. And for fifty cents extra.
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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.
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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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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.
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I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, “Don’t worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it’s obsolete.”
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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