It was a typically British birth… I was three at the time. They had a strike in the maternity ward… I came out in sympathy.
BOB HOPEEverybody 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.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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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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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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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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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Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation.
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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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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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I’ve been married fifty-five years and I’ve been home three weeks.
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I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don’t they just print our money with a return address on it?
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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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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
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