I’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.
BOB HOPEThe old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent’s handshake.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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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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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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The stealth bomber is supposed to be a big deal. It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I’ve been doing that all my life.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
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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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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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Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
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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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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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It was a great honour to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. I didn’t know they had a caddie division.
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