Author: Robert Benchley

Quotes

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

- Robert Benchley

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

- Robert Benchley

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

- Robert Benchley

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

- Robert Benchley

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

- Robert Benchley

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

- Robert Benchley

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine.

- Robert Benchley

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

- Robert Benchley

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

- Robert Benchley

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