Robert Charles Benchley quotes
“Anyone will be glad to admit that he knows nothing about beagling, or the Chinese stock market, or ballistics, but there is not a man or woman alive who does not claim to know how to cure hiccoughs.”
“Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.”
“One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.”
“It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.”
“There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.”
“Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.”
- From the movie: The Major and the Minor
“My only regret is that I have but one wife to give to my country.”
“There are two kinds of people in the world those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.”
“So who's in a hurry?”
“Sand is also a good place on which to write, 'I love you,' as it would be difficult to get into court after several years have passed.”
“I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.”
- From the movie: You'll Never Get Rich
“Do anything so long as you make my wife believe I was telling the truth when I was lying to her!”
- From the movie: The Major and the Minor
“Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?”
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