The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
More Quotes from Robert Benchley:
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.Robert Benchley
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.
Robert Benchley
Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.
Robert Benchley
Sheer madness is, of course, the highest possible brow in humor.
Robert Benchley
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
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Robert Benchley
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