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. “
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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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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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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We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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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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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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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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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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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
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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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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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