"The ideal age for a boy to own……" — Robert Benchley

"The ideal age for a boy to own a dog is between forty-five and fifty."

— Robert Benchley

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87 Quotes by Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley has 87 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before…
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the…
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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