Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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. That’s where movies go when they die.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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Jimmy 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.
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My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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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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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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The stealth bomber is supposed to be a big deal. It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I’ve been doing that all my life.
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It’s amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn’t sell theirs threw them away.
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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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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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