When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
BOB HOPEWhen I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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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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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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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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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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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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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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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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We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
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