Robert Benchley Quotes

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.

Robert Benchley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HumorPeopleWorryGoWillSeems

My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds.

Joe Perry

FamilyWaitDinnerGuitarHandsOut

I think about people like Jeff Bezos or Reed Hastings, and I really marvel at the stamina they've had to keep on trucking no matter what happens.

Jennifer Hyman

PeopleThinkMatterKeepStamina

America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.

Matt Taibbi

PassionWorldAmericaRealAlways

The texture and hardship of poverty and eviction is something that I think left the deepest impression on me, and I hope that I try to convey a little bit of that to the reader.

Matthew Desmond

HopeMeThinkPovertyHardshipTry

It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he's a really well trained dog. Very talented. I just had to follow him a little bit, improvise a little bit. Sometimes he'd follow me. Especially because of the sausages I had in my pocket.

Jean Dujardin

WorkDogMeEasySometimesFollow

Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing a good guy. Good guys restrain themselves; they kind of have their moral fiber cut out for them in varying degrees.

John Travolta

GoodExperienceYouBadMoralKind

My goal is a tech-free Saturday.

Shira Goodman

SaturdayGoal

Working with Roshni gives me lot of confidence. When I started SSN - in 1994, after a windfall gain from HCL-HP then - I was OK to do it alone. My brother, who was supposed to head it, passed away. We had a governing council to run it. That was a leap of faith, and we didn't know where we will get.

Shiv Nadar

ConfidenceFaithAloneBrotherMe

You go to a studio with a guitar, people are like, 'Oh this girl's going to write this song on a guitar.' Or wants to, or whatever. You go with a ukulele, people are just like 'Eh, well, whatever.' They don't really care. It's a very non-threatening kind of instrument.

LP

GirlPeopleSongCareGuitarYou

You can cut the fat from your spending: Stop taking taxis, call your cable company and ask for the same deal new subscribers get, have dinner at home and then a drink out instead of a $100 meal with wine.

Jean Chatzky

HomeDinnerWineFatYouStop

Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.

Jose Andres

SmartMeBookYouWantFirst

I always wanted to experience what performance would be like without the fourth wall, so I formed a company in Australia, and we did avant-garde theater, playing with gender norms, conversations about race - we just had a box of issues that we wanted to subvert with our stories, with dance.

DeObia Oparei

ExperienceDancePerformanceGender

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