Bob Hope

British-born American entertainer and comic actor

Bob Hope quotes


It’s hard to confine the life of Bob Hope to one profession or role. He was a stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, boxer, and author, and appeared in more than 120 films [both short and feature length], and enjoyed a career that spanned more than eighty years.

Throughout his long life, Hope was known to make tours of the United Service Organizations, entertaining American troops who were on active duty in different parts of the world. Today, his published works and extensive catalog of jokes and dialogues are a source of joy and inspiration, and his signature style will live long in the annals of American history.

 
60th birthday quotes and sayings
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
- Bob Hope
I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.
- Bob Hope
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
- Bob Hope
Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn't hear them.
- Bob Hope
The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
- Bob Hope
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
- Bob Hope
It's a wonderful world. It may destroy itself but you'll be able to watch it all on TV.
- Bob Hope
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
- Bob Hope
She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.
- Bob Hope
A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
- Bob Hope
They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood.
- Bob Hope
Free speech isn’t dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers...
- Bob Hope
The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
- Bob Hope
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.
- Bob Hope
I don't mind dying, but I hate the preliminaries.
- Bob Hope
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
- Bob Hope
The audience was swell. They were so polite they covered their mouths when they yawned.
- Bob Hope
Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you're God's frozen people.
- Bob Hope
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
- Bob Hope
As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn’t been touched by the war and blew it to hell.
- Bob Hope
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
- Bob Hope
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