As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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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We didn’t know that in America after the war, you wouldn’t be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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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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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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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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A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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