I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.
BOB HOPEIt’s amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn’t sell theirs threw them away.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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I was lucky I wasn’t a better boxer, or that’s what I’d be now – a punchy ex-pug.
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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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If you think golf is relaxing, you’re not playing it right.
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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Television is the box they buried entertainment in.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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One of the greatest gifts to mankind is laughter, and one of the greatest gifts to laughter is Lucille Ball. God has her now but thanks to television, we’ll have her forever.
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Eighty is when you order a steak and the headwaiter puts it through the blender. Or when you wake up as many times during the night as Burt Reynolds, but not for the same reason.
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Sure Vietnam is a dirty war. I’ve never heard of a clean one.
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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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Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.
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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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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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I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight – and that was just their hair.
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Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn’t get elected, he’d go back to acting.
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