Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
BOB HOPEEngland occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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I’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
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I have too much money invested in sweaters.
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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I don’t bother to look for parking space anymore. As soon as I get near Hollywood Boulevard … I sell.
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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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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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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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It’s so cold here in Washington, D.C., that politicians have their hands in their own pockets.
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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