Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
BOB HOPEI’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.
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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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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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Everybody is afraid they won’t have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his appendix taken out and a piggy bank put in.
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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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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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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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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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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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