Out here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don’t worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
BOB HOPEIt’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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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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Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.
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England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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It’s not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course – you just follow the wounded.
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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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.
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I tell jokes to pay my green fees.
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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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