Bob Hope Quotes


"You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Time)

"When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Name, Play)

"You've got to be rich to have a swing like that."
- Bob Hope
"When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Actor, Parents)

"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."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Happiness, Past)

"The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Dogs, Trees)

"The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off."
- Bob Hope
(Related: News)

"The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Israel)

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Dance, Brothers, Waiting)

"They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood."
- Bob Hope
(Related: England, Hollywood)

"People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy."
- Bob Hope
(Related: People, Kisses)

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Age, Middle age)

"Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Kids)

"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Work, Fun, Golf, Play, Recreation)

"If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Heart, Charity, Trouble)

"If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Country)

"She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Direction, Help)

"Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Crime, Wrong)

"I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Time, Right)

"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Time, Old)

"I do benefits for all religions - I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Benefits, Hate)

"A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?"
- Bob Hope
(Related: Humor, Heart, Sense)

"A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Love)

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Money, Will)

"I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty."
- Bob Hope
(Related: People, Liberty)

"I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Tears)

"I have too much money invested in sweaters."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Money)

"I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!"
- Bob Hope
(Related: Play)

"I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money."
- Bob Hope
(Related: Love, Money, Washington)