I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
BOB HOPEOut here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don’t worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
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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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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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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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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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.
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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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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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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.
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I’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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