You know you’ve reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
BOB HOPEIf you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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Everybody knows what California smog is – that’s fog with the vitamins removed.
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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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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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I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
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I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.
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You can calculate Zsa Zsa Gabor’s age by the rings on her fingers.
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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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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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You know what a fan letter is – it’s just an inky raspberry.
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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.
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When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
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A very, very religious man. Every time I eat a peanut, I feel immortal.
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Bing Crosby and I weren’t the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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My next door neighbor just had a pacemaker installed. They’re still working the bugs out, though. Every time he makes love, my garage door opens.
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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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On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he’s now my golf bag.
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I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.
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When you get over 95, every day is your day.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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Television. That’s where movies go when they die.
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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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