Robert Benchley Quotes

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Robert Benchley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatSoulSpringPresentLiterature

This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.

Jimmy Rushing

LifeBusinessManSelfPlayDone

A policy of knowing your replacement is one of the best ways to drive a growth culture. It anticipates and eliminates the most harmful politics in leadership for an expanding company and instantly sets the right tone for a high-talent, growth-mindset executive team.

Joe Lonsdale

LeadershipGrowthBestCultureTeam

I think I'm a good offensive player, good defensive player. I do it on both ends of the floor.

Joel Embiid

GoodThinkFloorOffensiveDefensive

With Christopher Guest films, we have a lot of say.

Jennifer Coolidge

SayGuestLotFilmsChristopher

I combine aspects of many styles of music and create my own musical forms by way of electronic instruments.

John Frusciante

MusicCreateWayMy OwnOwnMany

I always had a problem when I did the audio books myself because they weren't made to have me doing all the voices. And to hear established actors, and you think, 'Wow, that sounds like it's supposed to sound,' is great. They've got the right inflections, which is an enormous skill.

Robert Rankin

GreatMyselfMeThinkProblemDoing

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

Sienna Miller

LoveAttentionActingLivingLucky

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

Michelle Obama

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When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.

Jay-Z

LoveExperienceYourselfPainYou

The Futurists believed in the machine, in making a great big fuss, in being young. For a brief moment, they were arguably the most influential aesthetic provocateurs in the world.

Jonathan Galassi

GreatMomentWorldAestheticYoung

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

Diane Paulus

PoliticsYouDegreeLegislation

It's incredible. Twenty-three minutes on the air, and I've got to shoot for twelve, fifteen hours a day. What the hell's that?

Chevy Chase

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