Bob Hope on firsts
Bob Hope113 quotes“For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green”
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Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.
Bob HopeBob Hope 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.
Bob HopeBob Hope The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
Bob HopeBob Hope I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
Bob HopeBob Hope I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there.
Bob HopeBob Hope My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
Bob HopeBob Hope I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
Bob HopeBob Hope I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
Bob HopeBob Hope I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
Bob HopeBob Hope Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
Bob HopeBob Hope Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
Bob HopeBob Hope 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.
Bob HopeBob Hope I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
Bob HopeBob Hope I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
Bob HopeBob Hope There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
Bob HopeBob Hope We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
Bob HopeBob Hope
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign
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More on firsts
There were a lot of fences and walls existing in my life, literally and figuratively, and that was really not indicative of the kind of person that I’d always been. So, when I moved back to Seattle, the first thing I said was, “I will never live in fear again.”
Ben GibbardBen Gibbard The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first.
Ben AaronovitchBen Aaronovitch One of the things that’s great about doing a show over and over again… is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time… to continue to mine the material and find new things.
Bebe NeuwirthBebe Neuwirth To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.
Barbara TuchmanBarbara Tuchman The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
Barbara BushBarbara Bush Running for money doesn’t make you run fast. It makes you run first.
Ben JipchoBen Jipcho Maybe Oliver Stone doesn’t lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
Ben BarnesBen Barnes
