"Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him."

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"Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him."

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"Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth. And laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death. And sometimes, it isn't in time."

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"Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? Youtake delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.""You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. Theyare my old friends. I have heard you mention them with considerationthese last twenty years at least."

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"The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word."

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Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country."

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"April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four."

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"Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?I didn't think it polite to listen, sir."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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Time

"I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business."

Business

"I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't."

Truth

"A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing."

Violence

"Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night."

Time

"I don't have any children, I have four middle-aged people."

People

"We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show."

End

"Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody."

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