Robert Charles Benchley Quotes (8 Quotes)

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini.

As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.

I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.

The most common of all antagonisms arises from a man's taking a seat beside you on the train, a seat to which he is completely entitled.

It has always seemed to me that the most difficult part of building a bridge would be the start.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.

All that a spectator gets out of the game is fresh air, the comical articles in his program, the sight of twenty-two young men rushing about in mysterious formations, and whatever he brought in his flask.

One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.