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Robert Benchley Quotes: Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.
         

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.


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We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.



Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?



The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.



You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.



In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.



Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.



A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.



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.

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.



There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest, and there is no such place as Bucharest, either.

There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest, and there is no such place as Bucharest, either.



A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.





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If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.



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The only way to go beyond your fears is to grow beyond them and that always means challenging, overcoming and learning from them.



The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.

The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.



The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.

The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.



Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.



There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.

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Red tape will often get in your way. It's one of the reasons I often carry scissors!

Red tape will often get in your way. It's one of the reasons I often carry scissors!



This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.

This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.




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