Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
BOB HOPEThe firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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The best thing about growing older is that it takes such a long time.
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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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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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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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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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I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it’s silly to let the game get to you.
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Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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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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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
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There’s a very apt saying in show business: “If you don’t go over budget in Paris, you’re either very rich or very sick. “
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Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn’t hear them.
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