Bob Hope quotes page 1
1903-2003, American comedian and actor
It's so cold I saw a politician with his hands in his own pockets.
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I don't feel 80. In fact, I don't feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.
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When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great
occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
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You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
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You can always tell when a man's well-informed. His views are pretty much like yours.
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People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
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Golf is my real profession - show business pays my greens fees.
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When Phyllis Diller started to play, Steinway came down personally and
rubbed his name off
the piano.
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Three of my stocks went off the financial page - into the help-wanted section.
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The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
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I left England when I was four because I found out I could never be King.
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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 do that.
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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage he shot both his
parents and moved in.
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Where else but in America could the women's liberation movement take off their bras, then go
on TV to complain about their lack of support?
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If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
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I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.
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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
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Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning.
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A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
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It's nights like this that drive men like me to women like you for nights like this.
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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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I thought about it. But my wife said she wouldn't want to move into a smaller house.
Bob Hope, on running for President of the United States
Oscar night at my house is known as Passover.
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I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something
bearable, even hopeful.
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I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned how to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
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She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.
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Phyllis Diller has a laugh like an old Chevrolet starting up on a
below-freezing morning.
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The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie – and an eagle, a moose, an elk,
an aardvark...
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Where would I like my ashes scattered? I don't know. Surprise me.
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I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor got married as a one-off, and it was so successful she turned
it into a series.
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Clinton loves to make long speeches. In fact, this will be the first inaugural address with an
intermission.
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Everyone's nervous these days. Ronald McDonald has hired six bodyguards, and that's just to
protect his buns.
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It's hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you're putting.
Bob Hope, on Dwight D. Eisenhower
Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands.
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I'm so old they've cancelled my blood type.
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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?
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The Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the
presidency.
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Everything Reagan does, Gorbachev does him one better. Reagan wears the flag of his
country
on his lapel. Gorby wears the map of his country on his forehead.
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I do benefits for all religions - I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
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He rules the country with an iron fist - the same way he plays the piano.
Bob Hope, on Harry Truman
Failure is the only thing I've ever been a success at.
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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
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