Audiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
BOB HOPEAudiences are my best friends. You never tire of talking with your best friends.
BOB HOPEIt’s amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn’t sell theirs threw them away.
BOB HOPEContrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
BOB HOPEBaseball 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.
BOB HOPERonald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn’t know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He’s always had an agent for that.
BOB HOPEI ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.
BOB HOPEThere was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
BOB HOPESure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
BOB HOPEI see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
BOB HOPEI don’t know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
BOB HOPEJimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
BOB HOPEGolf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
BOB HOPEWe didn’t know that in America after the war, you wouldn’t be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
BOB HOPEI once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
BOB HOPEI’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
BOB HOPEI was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
BOB HOPE