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 HOPEMost of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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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 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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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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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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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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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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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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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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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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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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