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.
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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My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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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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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.
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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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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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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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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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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 like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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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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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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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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