Bob Hope
August 25, 2008
Bob Hope!
For those of you too young to remember Bob, ask your
parents or grandparents!!!
I HOPE THIS WILL PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR
HEART.
Tribute to a man who DID make a difference:
May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003
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.’
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING ‘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.’
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