Robert Benchley Quotes

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Robert Benchley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I always give respect to and pay homage to New York, because I don't feel like I would be the player that I am today if it wasn't for New York City. It gives you a certain edge, a certain toughness just growing up in the city.

Joakim Noah

TodayRespectI AmNew YorkCity

I've probably represented almost every major artist in the world, either directly or peripherally, at one time or another.

Jerry Heller

TimeWorldArtistAlmostEither

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

Michael Bloomberg

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My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

Stephane Hessel

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Listen, sharing my life with people is just part of my daily routine.

Rita Ora

LifeDailyPeopleMy LifeRoutine

I'm keeping the pixie. I hope I inspire people... it's really cool to have short hair.

Millie Bobby Brown

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We have to remember that people are free to love who they want to love. That also means that black women are free to love who they want to love.

Loni Love

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The challenges are different to different kinds of magazines. News magazines, magazines that have high frequency and news, are going to be challenged, heavily challenged, not just by the Internet but by the whole 24-hour news cycle which has just been getting enhanced.

Jann Wenner

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I had to take driving lessons in New York, which were really weird because it's not the safest thing in the world.

Jordana Brewster

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It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.

Christina Aguilera

LifeYourselfImpossibleOvernight

WWE is there for the soldiers.

Bobby Lashley

SoldiersWWE

Parliamentary obstructionism should be avoided. It is a weapon to be used in the rarest of the rare cases. Parliamentary accountability is as important as parliamentary debate. Both must coexist.

Arun Jaitley

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