Quotes by Robert Benchley

"Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings."
— Robert Benchley
"The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him."
— Robert Benchley
"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."
— Robert Benchley
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Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University,...