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.
BOB HOPEBing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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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 had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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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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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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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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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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I 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.”
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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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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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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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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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