Bob Hope Quotes


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


Citations

Hope, Bob. Quoted in The Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Fred R. Shapiro, Yale University Press, 2006, p. 368.

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Bob Hope
Bob Hope
  • Born: May 29, 1903
  • Died: July 27, 2003
  • Nationality: British, American
  • Profession: Stand-up Comedian, Vaudevillian, Actor, Singer, Dancer, Athlete, Author

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.