Bob Hope

"I never wanted to be famous, I only wanted to be great."

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."

"Thanks for the memories."

"I do hope to entertain people for as long as I can."

"Life is what you make it, always has been, always will be."

"I'm like a fireman - when I go to work, I put on my clothes and get on with it."

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle."

"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. Then it's time for my nap."

"The secret to a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then have the two as close together as possible."

"My wife tells me that if I ever do leave her, she's coming with me."

"I grew up when the radio was pretty much a script medium. You had to create the picture in people's minds."

"That's the beauty of golf - you're always striving to do better."

"I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate."

"When we're young, we all think our fathers are fools. It is not until we are older that we discover how wise they were."

"I love to work. I absolutely love to work."

"The most difficult thing about aging is trying to remember all the names of the people you've met along the way."

"I never went to college, but I've never let my education interfere with my intelligence."

"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."

"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody in a while, go without speaking."

"Comedy is like a beautiful woman - if you have to explain her, she ain't funny."

"I wanted to be funny. I wanted to entertain people. I wanted to bring some laughter and joy to the world."

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"The country has gone to pot and we've followed suit."

"My home is my castle, but it's starting to look like a bungalow."

"I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're working in order to make me look like I'm not exhausted."

"You've got to believe in yourself. That's the first secret to success."

"I've been performing for over seventy years, and I don't feel any different now than I did when I started."

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me."

"Death can be no evil, for when we exist, there is no death; and when there is death, then we do not exist."