Quote by Robert Benchley
The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a sta

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

Other quotes by Robert Benchley

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. – Robert Benchley

Category:
funny
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Books
category

An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell

Category:
Books

The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Books

Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. – Bulstrode Whitlock

Category:
Books

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

Category:
Books

Random Quotes

The Leadership Training Institute of America is a cultural think tank providing training and opportunity in leadership development and cultural dynamics. – Michael Burgess

Category:
Leadership

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. – Jean Cocteau

Category:
Style

It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Category:
Conservation

I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me – Napoleon Bonaparte

Category:
Luck