Bob Hope

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.

14 Quotes

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

Bob Hope

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

Bob Hope

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

Bob Hope

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

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

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Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.

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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.

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

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You know marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.

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It feels great to be 95. I mean, for those parts of me that still have feeling.

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Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren’t penalized for being on grass.

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