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> [Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/tenterhooks-are-the-upholstery-of-the-anxious-seat/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

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## More by Robert E. Sherwood

> [He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/he-must-be-independent-and-brave-and-sure-of-himself-and-of-the/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/the-only-people-who-grow-old-were-born-old-to-begin-with/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/the-happiest-miser-on-earth-is-the-man-who-saves-up-every-friend-he/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/to-be-able-to-write-a-play-a-man-must-be-sensitive-imaginative-naive/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [That's the whole story of my life: frustration. It's a chronic disease, and it's incurable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/that-s-the-whole-story-of-my-life-frustration-it-s-a-chronic-disease/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/tenterhooks-are-the-upholstery-of-the-anxious-seat/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/we-all-come-from-our-own-little-planets-that-s-why-we-re-all/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/and-who-are-the-greater-criminals-those-who-sell-the-instruments-of/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/poor-dear-god-playing-idiot-s-delight-the-game-that-never-means/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/all-coolidge-had-to-do-in-1924-was-to-keep-his-mean-trap-shut-to-be/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [I remember when I was younger, there was a well-known writer who used to dart down the back way whenever saw me coming. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/i-remember-when-i-was-younger-there-was-a-well-known-writer-who-used/)

[Robert E. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-sherwood/)

> [The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-sherwood/the-trouble-with-me-is-i-belong-to-a-vanishing-race-i-m-one-of-the/)

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