A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated. Robert Benchley askdissipategreat Change image and share on social
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 authordifficultfront Change image and share on social
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about. Robert Benchley argumentfactfall Change image and share on social
I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine. Robert Benchley shinesitwork Change image and share on social
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. Robert Benchley cabcalldoor Change image and share on social
Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment. Robert Benchley amountmomentprovide Change image and share on social
Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But my white suit seems to be a little whiter than theirs. I think also that it may have something written on the back of it, although I can't find it when I take the suit off. Robert Benchley backbotherfind share on social
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. Robert Benchley absolutelyfairlygreat Change image and share on social
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 adaptauthoreasily Change image and share on social
I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. Robert Benchley authorauthoritycopy Change image and share on social
