Benchley, Robert quotes
1889-1945 American Humorist Critic ParodistA dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Benchley, Robert
Dogs
Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing.
Benchley, Robert
Language
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Benchley, Robert
Knowledge
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn t the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
Benchley, Robert
Work
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Benchley, Robert
Quotations
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
Benchley, Robert
Argument
The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Benchley, Robert
Writers and Writing
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.
Benchley, Robert
Writers and Writing
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
Benchley, Robert
Writers and Writing