I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
BOB HOPEThe only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It’s going to get us out of the house after dark!
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I can’t give up Golf, I’ve got too many sweaters.
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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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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he’s not running for anything.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.
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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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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
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England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
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The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
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