Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
BOB HOPEWe’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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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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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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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
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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.
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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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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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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.
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