“I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.”
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Famous Bob Hope Quotes
“With today's movies, if we took out all the bad language, we'd go back to silent films.”
“I've been married fifty-five years and I've been home three weeks.”
“You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.”
“She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all.”
“Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?”
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“My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British.”
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“The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.”
“All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease.”
“There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.”
“I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.”
“Free speech isn't dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers.”
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“The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.”
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“Our first stop was red square, the heart of Moscow - if Moscow has one.”