I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
BOB HOPEJimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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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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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
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Out 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.
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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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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, “Don’t worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it’s obsolete.”
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don’t they just print our money with a return address on it?
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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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We didn’t know that in America after the war, you wouldn’t be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
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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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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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