Bob Hope Quotes

• You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.

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• I’ll tell ‘ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

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  Topics in Age

  Tags in Ageing, Elderly

• If I have to lay an egg for my country, I’ll do it.

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  Tags in Comedian, Egg

• A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

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  Tags in Comedian, Laughing

• She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn’t help wondering from what direction.

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• I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.

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  Tags in Comedian, Science And Scientists, Hereafter, Hate

• You’ve got to be rich to have a swing like that.

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  Tags in Swing, Golf, Got, Rich

• People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

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  Tags in Etiquette, Affection, Kissing

• 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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  Tags in Actor, Comedian, Infatuation, Parents And Parenting

• They’ll always be an England, even if it’s in Hollywood.

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• Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.

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  Topics in Children, Funny

  Tags in Comedian

• I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.

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  Topics in Funny, Love, Money

  Tags in Comedian

• I have too much money invested in sweaters.

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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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  Tags in Liberty, Statue, Comedian, Make-Up

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

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• Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.

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  Topics in Age, Funny

• I’m so old they’ve canceled my blood type.

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  Topics in Age, Funny

Bob Hope (37)

Birth:	29th May, 1903
Death:	27th July, 2003
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Athlete, Author, Comedian, Dancer, Singer

About

Bob Hope was born in Eltham, London. He was an English-born American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies co-starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards fourteen times, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks For the Memory" is widely regarded as Hope's signature tune. Hope participated in the sports of golf and boxing, and owned a small stake in his hometown baseball team, the Cleveland Indians.

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