Golf is a funny game. It’s done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I’m the healthiest idiot in the world.
BOB HOPEA photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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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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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window.
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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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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I love flying. I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage.
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If he slices the budget like he slices a golf ball, the nation has nothing to worry about.
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Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells ‘Fore!’ the guy he’s hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.
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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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Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
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Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.
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If my golf game was a prize fight, they’d stop it.
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And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them.
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