A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
BOB HOPEMy 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?
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
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Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn’t know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He’s always had an agent for that.
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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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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.
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All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It’s in the lease.
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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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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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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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