A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
BOB HOPEI have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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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 went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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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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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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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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