Robert Benchley Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945

Topics

WorkGreatPeopleMeLookingDone

There is no reason why a serious film, one about life, can't be enjoyable, maybe even fun. Emotions can be very entertaining, you know. I try to use them generously in my films.

John Cassavetes

LifeFunYouEmotionsSeriousKnow

My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions.

Meghan Daum

MeThinkGoalConclusionsOwnAlong

More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU.

John Hutton

BusinessImpactNewNowMoreThan

Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment.

Steven Hill

MomentDayEvery DayEmbarrassing

I think that there are artists of different genres whose calling is to use their art to hope to affect and better the human condition - whether it's System of a Down, or Rage Against the Machine, or Public Enemy, or the Clash, Bruce Springsteen, or Pete Seeger. It's a group that I'm proud to be counted among.

Tom Morello

HopeArtProudThinkBetterDown

If I moved to L.A., I wouldn't move to a ghetto neighborhood. I'd move to some posh, fancy place.

Lukas Forchhammer

PlaceGhettoFancyNeighborhoodMove

No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.

Dick Van Dyke

FriendHomeBusinessMeNightLost

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.

Craig Brewer

ThinkPoliticalPlaceExploreTrauma

I've always had a love of cards, ever since I was a little kid. I think poker, as a system, describes the chaos of the world. Our sudden reversals, our freak streaks of fortune. The belief that the next hand can save you, and the inevitable failure of the next hand to save you. I think that describes my world view pretty well.

Colson Whitehead

LoveFailureChaosWorldThinkView

Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

Antony Beevor

TruthMarketingTelevisionHistorical

Marlon Brando changed everything for actors. After him, everyone wanted to be Marlon. No one wanted to be a type: they all wanted to display versatility in every role.

Peter Bogdanovich

HimEveryoneEverythingRoleChanged

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.

Mark Kennedy

GoodChildrenBetterEnvironmentUs

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