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.
BOB HOPEI asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, “Don’t worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it’s obsolete.”
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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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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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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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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When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
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I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do?
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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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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