My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
BOB HOPEI’ve never wanted an Oscar, although they are reassuring to an actor who doesn’t know how really great he is.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
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We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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I come around to your house personally and wet your finger while you’re turning the pages.
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I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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Baseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life.
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Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes.
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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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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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Please don’t stand up on my account.
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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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