Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
BOB HOPEI’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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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 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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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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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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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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