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.
BOB HOPESure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to you.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you’re God’s frozen people.
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It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
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US President Gerald Ford’s golf was so bad we thought he was a ‘Hitman for the PGA!
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Don’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
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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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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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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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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 always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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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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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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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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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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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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