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.
BOB HOPEWe flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
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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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Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn’t hear them.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to you.
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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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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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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved 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 once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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