Quotes by Benchley, Robert

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

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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 language, I said nothing.

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The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

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Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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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 was too famous.

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The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

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