Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
BOB HOPEThere’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. “
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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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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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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I was called Rembrandt Hope in my boxing days, because I spent so much time on the canvas.
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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.
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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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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If I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for 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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