"Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of……" — Robert Benchley
"Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people."
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87 Quotes by Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley has 87 quotes on this site.
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I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before…
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Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the…
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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
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In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
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Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
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The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
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Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
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Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.
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I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.
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More Analyzing Quotes
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They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind,…
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If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to…
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In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and…
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Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing…
— Jesse L. Greenstein
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My take away here is to not make assumptions when analyzing data. It might be safe to assume you Facebook…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you're done pouring it…
— Jeff Bollow
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Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography:…
— Dick Francis
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By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I…
— M.C. Escher
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Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately
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I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common…
— Neil Sedaka
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Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a…
— Chaz Bono
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I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not…
— Samantha Morton
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