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Robert Benchley quotes

American Comedian September 15, 1889 – September 21, 1945

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New York - The city where the people from Oshkosh look at the people from Dubuque in the next theater seats and say "These New Yorkers don't dress any better than we do. Robert Benchley
One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without..."
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous. Robert Benchley
There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that. Robert Benchley
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. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him."
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many..."
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will..."
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools..."
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people."
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "We are constantly being surprised that people did things well..."
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Robert Benchley
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of."
Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of. Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley quote: "Central Park is the grandiose symbol of the front yard each..."
Central Park is the grandiose symbol of the front yard each child in New York hasn't got. Robert Benchley

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