My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
People who begin sentences with "I may be old-fashioned but--" are usually not only old-fashioned but wrong. I never thought the time… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
There is probably no moment more appalling than that in which the tongue comes suddenly upon the ragged edge of a space… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that kids a man into feeling that he… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that every healthy, normal boy...should own a dog at some time in his life, preferably between the ages… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I never knew anyone yet who got up at six who did anything more useful between that time and breakfast than banging… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
For most visitors to Manhattan, both foreign and domestic, New York is the Shrine of the Good Time. "I don't see how… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
It is one of the most discouraging experiences I have ever had, not forgetting the time when I winked at the Queen… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I can remember the day when all that a professor was supposed to do was to mark "C minus" on students' examination… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Infants need the most sleep, and, what is more, get it. Stunning them with a soft, padded hammer is the best way… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent of wwriting, but I couldn't give up, because by the time,… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I have often wondered how they manage to get return envelopes which miss, by one-quarter of an inch, fitting the blank you are supposed… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
But ice-crunching and loud gum-chewing, together with drumming on tables, and whistling the same tune 70 times in succession, because they indicate an indifference… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life whichdoes not include… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest, and there is no such place as Bucharest, either. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I am both a public and a private school boy myself, having always changed schools just as the class in English in the new… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get out a new book by him… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who do not.” — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
