Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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 led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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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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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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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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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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Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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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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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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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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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 have too much money invested in sweaters.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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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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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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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.
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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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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to 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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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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