Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation.
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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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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Milton Hope led the singing of Happy Birthday … He would say, ‘Keep it sweet and short and don’t try to be funny.’
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Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
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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’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
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England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
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To give you an idea of how fast we travelled – we left with two rabbits and when we arrived we still had only two.
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She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn’t understand us at all.
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Personally, I never drink on Oscar nights, as it interferes with my suffering.
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The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear’s huge jaws. I wouldn’t even try that with my agent.
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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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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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I’ve always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
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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 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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Dying is to be avoided because it can ruin your whole career.
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Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn’t know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He’s always had an agent for that.
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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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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 don’t do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.
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The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he’s not running for anything.
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Out here in the Pacific, they have typhoons and hurricanes that blow over 200 miles an hour. We have tornadoes and hurricanes back home, but I don’t worry about them. The mortgage on my house is so heavy that nothing could budge it.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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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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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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