Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
BOB HOPEDying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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Don’t tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation.
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YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
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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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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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