Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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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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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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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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you’re God’s frozen people.
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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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I don’t know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He’s done nothing.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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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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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn’t know they had a caddie division.
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US President Gerald Ford’s golf was so bad we thought he was a ‘Hitman for the PGA!
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
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Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn’t hear them.
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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Everybody is afraid they won’t have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his appendix taken out and a piggy bank put in.
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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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