Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
BOB HOPEI led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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One of our stock lines used to be “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Bing, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me.” And that’s the way we go through life – doing nothing for each other!
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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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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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I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
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I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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There’s a very apt saying in show business: “If you don’t go over budget in Paris, you’re either very rich or very sick. “
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It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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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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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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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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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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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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I don’t know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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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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