"There is something about saying Ok and hanging……" — Robert Benchley
"There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that kids a man into feeling that he has just pulled off a big deal, even if he has only called the telephone company to find out the correct time"
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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 Bang Quotes
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It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown.…
— Ben Affleck
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And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.
— Jimmy Buffett
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As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning…
— Julie Burchill
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I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can…
— Jimmy Carter
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I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind…
— Dick Cheney
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Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out…
— Julia Child
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The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people…
— Chris Christie
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I don't bang for the color or the land. I bang for the principles and for the honor. I'm bangin'…
— Tupac Shakur
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All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit…
— Paul Broun
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Atheists themselves used to be very comfortable in maintaining that the universe is eternal and uncaused. The problem is that…
— William Lane Craig
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If we ever establish contact with intelligent aliens living on a planet around a distant star ... They would be…
— Martin Rees
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There are two types of forwards. Scorers and bangers. Scorers score and bangers bang.
— Ken Dryden
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