Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies also starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards 19 times, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" is widely regarded...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 May 1903
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn't hear them.
Be happy you guys. Be proud! You know what you are: you're God's frozen people.
Don't people know that they don't have to heckle the president of the United States? That's what Congress is for.
You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.
I don't know what people have against government; they haven't done anything.
Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!
Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies
I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.
It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
I don't know what people have against Jimmy Carter. He's done nothing.
I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people.
And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America after the war, you wouldn't be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
If they liked you, they didn't applaud -- they let you live.