Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
BOB HOPEYou know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Baseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life.
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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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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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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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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 been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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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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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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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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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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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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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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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.
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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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My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
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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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I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
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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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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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