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.
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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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Baseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life.
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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 went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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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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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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The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he’s not running for anything.
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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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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.
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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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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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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
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