Robert Benchley Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.

Jerry Jeff Walker

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We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable.

Joe Viterelli

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Company makes my day.

Jenny Holzer

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It's amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn't matter because you can do anything.

Simone Biles

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I am totally fearless! Well, of course, I'm not totally fearless. I worry constantly and obsess over things, but I just don't let fear stand in the way of doing something that I really want to do.

Tom Ford

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I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer.

Luis von Ahn

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A watch is a fashion statement, and it says something about the person wearing it.

Luke Evans

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When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

Josh Groban

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Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.

Chellie Pingree

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Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Anthony Sampson

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The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.

Pope Benedict XVI

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I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.

Peter Marshall

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