I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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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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.
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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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.
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The service at the Imperial (Tokyo) is the finest I’ve encountered anywhere. There was a button next to my bed marked ROOM SERVICE – and a maid to press it for me.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here – just for me.
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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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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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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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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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