I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
BOB HOPEI went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.
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The service at the Imperial (Tokyo) is the finest I’ve encountered anywhere. There was a button next to my bed marked ROOM SERVICE – and a maid to press it for me.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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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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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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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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I’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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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 ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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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.
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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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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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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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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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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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