Quote by Robert Benchley
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of b

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about – Robert Benchley

Other quotes by Robert Benchley

The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest. – Robert Benchley

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Books
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A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death. – Robert Benchley

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Death
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I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes, is really one of lifes sensational pleasures. – Robert Benchley

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Pleasure
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Other Quotes from
Argument & Debate
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy — but he who has shown the better temper. – Samuel Butler

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. – Larry Adler

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin

Wise men argue cases, fools decide them. – Anacharsis

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Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners. – Robert Morgan

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Poetry

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

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Crime

One lifetime is never enough to accomplish ones horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning? – Francis Cabot Lowell

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gardening

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint. – Aime Cesaire

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strength