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 HOPETelevision is the box they buried entertainment in.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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I like to play in the low 70’s. If it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!
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We’re on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It’s a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.
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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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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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If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
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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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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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Kissing is like drinking tea with a tea strainer, you can never get enough.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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I can’t give up Golf, I’ve got too many sweaters.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
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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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I was lucky, you know, I always had a beautiful girl and the money was good. Although I would have done the whole thing over for, oh, perhaps half.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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I like to come to Washington, D.C., at least once a year. Why should my tax money travel more than I do?
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I’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
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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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A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
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