She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.
BOB HOPEI have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop 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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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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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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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 see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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Don’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
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The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
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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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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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