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
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is due to the great number of characters which clutter up the pages. The Russian school is responsible for this.
If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge.
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
There is something about saying "Ok" and hanging up the receiver with a bang that kids a man into feeling that he has just pulled off a big deal, even if he has only called the telephone company to find out the correct time
There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.
There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into two and those who don't
I can't seem to bring myself to say, "Well, I guess I'll be toddling along." It isn't that I can't toddle. It's that I can't guess I'll toddle.
Most of the arguments to which I am a party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.
Perfectly Scandalous" was one of those plays in which all of the actors unfortunately enunciated very clearly
Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.
As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous