Quotes by Hope, Bob




Leslie Townes Hope (May 29, 1903 July 27, 2003), otherwise known as Bob Hope, was a famous British-American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies and in U.S. Army concerts..

"You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."

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"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."

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"I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap."

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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 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."

Hope, Bob on happiness
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"The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup."

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"The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. [About Russia]"

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"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don't need it."

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"I do benefits for all religions -- I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."

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"If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."

Hope, Bob on charity
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"Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued."

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