I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
BOB HOPEI’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
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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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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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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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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 ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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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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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn’t know they had a caddie division.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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