Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Robert Charles Benchleywas an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor. From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him respect and success during his life, from New York City and his peers at the Algonquin Round Table to contemporaries in the burgeoning film industry...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth15 September 1889
CityWorcester, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.
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.
Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin of his left ear from twirling around on it.
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.
Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous.
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.
At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands.
One of the chief duties of the fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. This department of the game has been allowed to run down fearfully.
This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.
A man may take care of a furnace for twenty-five years and still forget to duck his head when he starts going down the cellar stairs.
She sleeps alone at last.
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.