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We are constantly being surpri...

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

There seems to be no lengths t...

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

There is a note in the front o...

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

The freelance writer is a man ...

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Tell us your phobias and we wi...

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Other men wear white suits in ...

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Nothing makes a man feel older...

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Most of the arguments to which...

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

It took me fifteen years to di...

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

In a house where there are sma...

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like t...

If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

I know I'm drinking myself to ...

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

I have been told by hospital a...

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

I do most of my work sitting d...

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Great literature must spring f...

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

For a nation which has an almo...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Even nowadays a man can't step...

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Drinking makes such fools of p...

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Drawing on my fine command of ...

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for ...

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

Robert Benchley 184 quotes

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