QUOTES FROM BOB HOPE

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ON TURNING 70
'You still chase women, but only downhill.'

ON TURNING 80
'That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.'

ON TURNING 90
'You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.'

ON TURNING 100
'I don't feel old. In fact,I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.'



BOXING. HIS EARLY CAREER
'I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.'

ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR
'Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'.

ON GOLF
'Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.'

ON PRESIDENTS
'I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.'

ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR


HIS CAREER
'When I was born, the doctor said to my mother,Congratulations, you have an eight pound ham.

ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL


GOLD MEDAL
'I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.'

ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY
'Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.'

ON HIS SIX BROTHERS
'That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.'

ON HIS EARLY FAILURES
'I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.'

ON GOING TO HEAVEN
'I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.'

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY THESE...THOSE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER HIM ANYWAYS!
 

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Funny ones from one of the funniest men way back when and yes I roamed the earth then too, lol!
 
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I just saw the White house for the first time last week. Made me think about his joke about his wife not wanting him to run for presidency because she didn't want to move into a smaller house. Unfortunately I had to explain to our kids who Bob Hope was and by then the joke wasn't funny anymore.
 

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