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.
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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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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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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I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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The firm is really ahead of the times. It has a stock market ticker that prints its report on thin aspirins.
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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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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 don’t know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He’s done nothing.
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Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands
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Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation.
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Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.
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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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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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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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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.
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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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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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I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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Failure is the only thing I’ve ever been a success at.
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Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It’s going to get us out of the house after dark!
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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The workers love Khrushchev very much. He hasn’t got an enemy in the entire country. Quite a few under it.
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