Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
BOB HOPETiming is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Chiropractic is a wonderful means of natural healing!
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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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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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It’s so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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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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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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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
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