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Robert Benchley

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What we know about Robert Benchley comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. The range of their thinking — from Funny to Pet — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 14 of Robert Benchley's most memorable quotes, ranging across Funny, Pet, Family, Death, and Travel. One quote that captures their voice: "There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them."

“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.”

— Robert Benchley

Funny

All Quotes by Robert Benchley

“Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.”

— Robert Benchley

Funny

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

— Robert Benchley

Pet

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

— Robert Benchley

Funny

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

— Robert Benchley

Travel

“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

Family

“A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.”

— Robert Benchley

Death

“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

Famous

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

— Robert Benchley

Funny

“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

Pet

“There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them.”

— Robert Benchley

Humor

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

— Robert Benchley

Death

“Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?”

— Robert Benchley

Funny