Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
BOB HOPEI saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
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The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
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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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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’
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By the 9th hole they were engaged and when they finished on 18 they had a foursome.
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We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here – just for me.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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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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The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he’s really pissed off.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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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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