Now that the war is winding down, I want to say I do appreciate you fellows hanging around here – just for me.
BOB HOPEThe only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
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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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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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I don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
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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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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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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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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.
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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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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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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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America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan – Go for the Gold.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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