It’s a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he’s dead.
BOB HOPEThat’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you’ll promise her anything.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, “Don’t worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it’s obsolete.”
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The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.
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I’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
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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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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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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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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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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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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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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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I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.
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Ronald 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.
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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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