Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
American humorist
- Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
- It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
- 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.
- The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
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