Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
BOB HOPEIf I had that kind of money, I wouldn’t come to Vietnam, I’d send for it.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.
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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn’t know they had a caddie division.
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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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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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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.
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There’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. “
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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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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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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 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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Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here – just for me.
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes.
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It’s in the lease.
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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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