I’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
BOB HOPEWhen 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.
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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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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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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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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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 love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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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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One of our stock lines used to be “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Bing, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me.” And that’s the way we go through life – doing nothing for each other!
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Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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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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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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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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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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