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 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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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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I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
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The stealth bomber is supposed to be a big deal. It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I’ve been doing that all my life.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you’ll promise her anything.
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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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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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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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