The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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 love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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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.
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You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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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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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes.
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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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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
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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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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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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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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
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It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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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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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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