I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
BOB HOPEIt was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
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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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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
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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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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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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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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
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