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.
BOB HOPEEverybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It’s going to get us out of the house after dark!
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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
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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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One of our stock lines used to be “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Bing, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me.” And that’s the way we go through life – doing nothing for each other!
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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Everybody is afraid they won’t have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his appendix taken out and a piggy bank put in.
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