England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
BOB HOPESure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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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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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It’s going to get us out of the house after dark!
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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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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I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do?
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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