And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
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I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do?
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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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Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn’t hear them.
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I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don’t they just print our money with a return address on it?
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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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Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there.
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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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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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