Creative Quotations from . . .
Robert Benchley
(1889-1945) born on
Sep 15
US humorist. He was noted for his understated comic essays including "From Bed to Worse," 1934.
         
   
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F
I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

R
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
A
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.
N
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
K
I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
R: In "Quotations to Cheer You Up When the World is Getting You Down," by Allen Klein, 1991.
A: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
N: In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997.
K: "Chips off the Old Benchley," 'Why Does Nobody Collect Me?.'
 

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