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 Read Quote
An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. Robert Benchley Read Quote
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it’s compounding a felony. Robert Benchley Read Quote
A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated. Robert Benchley Read Quote
Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn’t seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can’t find it when I take the suit off. Robert Benchley Read Quote
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. Robert Benchley Read Quote
In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop. Robert Benchley Read Quote
After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year. Robert Benchley Read Quote
You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it. Robert Benchley Read Quote
Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it. Robert Benchley Read Quote