One of our stock lines used to be “There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for Bing, and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me.” And that’s the way we go through life – doing nothing for each other!
BOB HOPEI’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
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A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
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Baseball 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.
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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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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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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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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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Chiropractic is a wonderful means of natural healing!
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
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I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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