1889-1945, American Humorist, Critic, Parodist
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Robert Benchley – [Dogs]
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
Robert Benchley – [Work]
Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing.
Robert Benchley – [Language]
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Robert Benchley – [Knowledge]
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 – [Writers and Writing]
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about
Robert Benchley – [Argument]
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
Robert Benchley – [Writers and Writing]
The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Robert Benchley – [Writers and Writing]
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Robert Benchley – [Quotations]