Bob Hope Quotes
I've been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman numerals.
Hope, Bob. Confessions of a Hooker: My Lifelong Love Affair with Golf. Doubleday, 1985, p. 12.
The committee was discussing gun control legislation. Cruz, in national office for only a few weeks, opposed any form of Gun Control, and proceeded to lecture Senator Feinstein on the meaning of the 2nd and other Amendments to the Constitutions. Cruz had never even had a legislative proposal voted upon and his explanation was sophomoric—especially to Senator Feinstein who was the Chair of the Judiciary Committee with great experience and expertise in Constitutional issues and had passed many pieces of major legislation and countless others that she sponsored. Her rejoinder was a classic put down. See {631720} for a columnist’s characterization of Cruz.
Marshall was then the chief of staff of the army. Ignoring the seniority system which was the tradition of the Army for promotions produced a necessary corps of great young officers. The most dramatic example of this was the promotion of Dwight D. Eisenhower over many men far senior to him for the Supreme Allied Commander. Marshall and FDR were driving forces to put young men in leadership positions.
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope KBE was a British-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner.