I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
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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To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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Don’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
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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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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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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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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
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