More from Bob Hope
You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
Bob HopeBob Hope I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
Bob HopeBob Hope When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
Bob HopeBob Hope When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
Bob HopeBob Hope Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
Bob HopeBob Hope You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
Bob HopeBob Hope It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
Bob HopeBob Hope We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
Bob HopeBob Hope She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
Bob HopeBob Hope If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
Bob HopeBob Hope In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
Bob HopeBob Hope To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
Bob HopeBob Hope I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
Bob HopeBob Hope 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 HopeBob Hope Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
Bob HopeBob Hope 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.
Bob HopeBob Hope
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on instant
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
Mike TysonMike Tyson The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
Ice CubeIce Cube I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn’t instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.
Trey SongzTrey Songz What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
Christian Nestell BoveeChristian Nestell Bovee One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
Brigitte BardotBrigitte Bardot Words come and flow with me instantaneously. Perhaps, those were abandoned too by someone.
Kanika ChughKanika Chugh
