Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
BOB HOPEA James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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I led such a sheltered life I didn’t go out with girls until I was almost four.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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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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I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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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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