I’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
BOB HOPEEverybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Don’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
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I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
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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 was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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There’s a very apt saying in show business: “If you don’t go over budget in Paris, you’re either very rich or very sick. “
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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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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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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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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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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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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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I don’t know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He’s done nothing.
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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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