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.
BOB HOPEI was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you’re God’s frozen people.
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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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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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It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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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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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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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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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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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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