Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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Other Robert Benchley Quotes
- 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. - View Quote Details on A great many people have come up to me and…
- Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. - View Quote Details on Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I…
- The way to go to the circus, however, is with someone who has seen perhaps one theatrical performance before in his life and that in the High School hall…. The scales of sophistication are struck from your eyes and you see in the circus a gathering of men and women who are able to do things as a matter of course which you couldn’t do if your life depended on it. - View Quote Details on The way to go to the circus, however, is with…
- The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of words than “The doctor will see you now.” I am willing to concede something to the phrase “Have you anything to say before the current is turned on?” That may be worse for the moment, but it doesn’t last so long. For continued, unmitigating depression, I know nothing to equal “The doctor will see you now.” But I’m not narrow-minded about it. I’m willing to consider other possibilities. - View Quote Details on The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of…
- Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in writing is not in the things it makes one write but in the things it keeps one from writing. It is especially valuable in this respect in serious writing, and no one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it. - View Quote Details on Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in…
- The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn’t make any sense if quoted as it stands. - View Quote Details on The surest way to make a monkey of a man…
- So who’s in a hurry? - View Quote Details on So who’s in a hurry?
- 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. - View Quote Details on Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are…
- Streets flooded. Please advise. (telegram to his editor upon arrival in Venice ) - View Quote Details on Streets flooded. Please advise. (telegram to his editor upon arrival…
- There are two classes of travel — first class, and with children. - View Quote Details on There are two classes of travel — first class, and…
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