Quote by Robert Benchley
There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them. – Robert Benchley

Other quotes by Robert Benchley

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with its just compounding the felony. – Robert Benchley

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Drinking
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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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There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who dont. – Robert Benchley

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People
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Other Quotes from
Humor
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Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. – Thomas Carlyle

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Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse. – Groucho Marx

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Humor

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. – Suzanne Fields

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Humor

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little. – Mason Cooley

Category:
Humor

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