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.
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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It’s a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you’ll be able to watch it all on TV.
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I 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.
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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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I’d give up golf if I didn’t have so many sweaters.
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I’ve got to watch myself these days. It’s too exciting watching anyone else.
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Timing is the essence of life, and definitely of comedy.
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A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.
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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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Pebble Beach is Alcatraz with grass.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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That’s life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.
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A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table.
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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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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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