A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
BOB HOPEMilton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn’t know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He’s always had an agent for that.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
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You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
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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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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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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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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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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 only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
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It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn’t know they had a caddie division.
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Out here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don’t worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
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