Robert Benchley Quotes - Page 6

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• Next to an old-fashioned church social, or possibly a monster bridge party, there is no buzz which can equal the sibilant buzz ofa matinée.

  Robert Benchley

  Party, Bridges, Church

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• In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That's what makes it so tough for us outsiders. We have to fight home competition.

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  Funny, Home, Humor

  Robert Benchley (1954). “The Benchley Roundup”

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• Streets flooded. Please advise.

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  Venice, Please, Advise

  Quoted in The AlgonquinWits, ed. Robert E. Drennan (1968)

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• The discovery of phobias by psychiatrists has done much to clear the atmosphere. Whereas in the old days a person would say: 'Let's get the heck out of here!' today she says: 'Let's get the heck out of here! I've got claustrophobia.

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  Discovery, Atmosphere, Done

  Robert Benchley (2016). “My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew”, p.262, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens.

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  Teamwork, Games, Preparation

  Robert Benchley (2010). “The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises from the Detroit Athletic Club News”, Glendower Media

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• The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands.

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  Men, Monkeys, Way

  Robert Benchley (1951). “My ten years in a quandary and how they grew”

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• I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

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  Travel, Speak English, Long

  1938 After1903-What?

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• Next to a shot of some good, habit-forming narcotic, there is nothing like travelling alone as a 'builder-upper.

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  Solitude, Next, Habit

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.

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  Justice, Exotic, Enthusiasm

  Robert Benchley (2016). “My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew”, p.303, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• It must be a source of great chagrin to those in charge to think of so many people being able to stick a stamp on a letter and drop it in a mail box without any trouble or suffering at all. They are probably working on a system this very minute, trying to devise some way in which the public can be made to fill out a blank, stand in line, consult some underling who will refer him to a superior, and then be made to black up with burned cork before they can mail a letter.

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  Thinking, People, Suffering

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• Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

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  Men, Ice, Pitcher

  Robert Benchley (1943). “Benchley beside himself”

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• If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.

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  Law, Comedy, Natural

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• Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

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  Men, Band, Aging

  Robert Benchley (1932). “No Poems”

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

  Robert Benchley

  Writing, Typewriters, Ribbons

  Chips off the old Benchley (1949) "Learn to Write"

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• There is probably no moment more appalling than that in which the tongue comes suddenly upon the ragged edge of a space from which the old familiar filling has disappeared.

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  Space, Tongue, Moments

  Robert Benchley (1946). “One Minute, Please”

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• I can't quite define my aversion to asking questions of strangers. From snatches of family battles which I have heard drifting up from railway stations and street corners, I gather that there are a great many men who share my dislike for it, as well as an equal number of women who ... believe it to be the solution to most of this world's problems.

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  Believe, Men, Numbers

  Robert Benchley (1954). “The Benchley Roundup”

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• The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life whichdoes not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest.

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  Family, Country, Character

  Robert Benchley (1922). “Love Conquers All”

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• Who has not wished that his host would come out frankly at the beginning of the visit and state, in no uncertain terms, the rulesand preferences of the household in such matters as the breakfast hour? And who has not sounded out his guest to find out what he likes in the regulation of his diet and modus vivendi (mode of living)?

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  Breakfast, Guests, Regulation

  Robert Benchley (1925). “Of All Things”

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