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Famous Quotes By Robert Benchley

 

Famous quotes made by the American humorous editor, critic, actor, and author, Robert Benchley. He was born on September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died on November 21, 1945.


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.


Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.


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


Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.


It was one of those plays in which all the actors unfortunately enunciated very clearly.


In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.






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Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.

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