Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
BOB HOPEI only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at the same time.
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For the first time, you can actually see the losers turn green
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Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in.
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He hits the ball 130 yards and his jewelry goes 150.
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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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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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US President Gerald Ford’s golf was so bad we thought he was a ‘Hitman for the PGA!
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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
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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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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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It’s very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.
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