Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
BOB HOPEI’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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I led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
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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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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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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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I’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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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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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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You could buy my book in a paperback edition for a dollar, and in hard covers for $3.50. And for fifty cents extra.
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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