Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
BOB HOPEWhen they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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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 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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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
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It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
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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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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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