As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
BOB HOPEI have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
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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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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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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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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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When 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.
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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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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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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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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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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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