Bob Hope > Quotes

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”
― Bob Hope

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
― Bob Hope

“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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― Bob Hope

“People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.”
― Bob Hope

“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
― Bob Hope

“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

“She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction. ”
― Bob Hope

“When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano. ”
― Bob Hope

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.”
― Bob Hope

“If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
― Bob Hope

“I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned how to dance- waiting for the bathroom.”
― Bob Hope

“A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn? ”
― Bob Hope

“A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.”
― Bob Hope

“I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.”
― Bob Hope, Don't Shoot, It's Only Me: Bob Hope's Comedy History of the United States

“I do benefits for all religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.”
― Bob Hope

“if you were to be loved be loveable”
― Bob Hope

“Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands”
― Bob Hope

“people who throw kisses are helplessly lazy”
― Bob Hope

“من همراه شش برادرم بزرگ شدم؛ اين‌طوری بود كه رقص ياد گرفتم: در انتظار خالی شدن توالت.
- باب هوپ / كمدين آمريكايی”
― Bob Hope

“I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.”
― Bob Hope

“Until you've seen them, you have no conception of their courage.”
― Bob Hope

“Over the years, I have been subjected to many indignities, all for the sake of Art. If I ever catch him, I'm going to kill the guy.”
― Bob Hope, The Road to Hollywood: My 40-Year Love Affair with the Movies