I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
BOB HOPESure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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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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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 like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you’ll promise her anything.
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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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Cypress Point is such a beautiful place, but it’s also very exclusive. They had a very successful membership drive last month. They drove out forty members.
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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.
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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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