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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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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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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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’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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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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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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I have too much money invested in sweaters.
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You could buy my book in a paperback edition for a dollar, and in hard covers for $3.50. And for fifty cents extra.
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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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Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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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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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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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn’t know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He’s always had an agent for that.
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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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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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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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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