Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking.
BOB HOPEI 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.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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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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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents.
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Golf is my profession Show business is just to pay the green fees.
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Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn’t hear them.
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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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US President Gerald Ford’s golf was so bad we thought he was a ‘Hitman for the PGA!
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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My secret for staying young is good food, plenty of rest, and a makeup man with a spray gun.
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The 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.
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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
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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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All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It’s in the lease.
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