"The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the……" — Robert Benchley
"The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon."
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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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