We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that things are done well by people other than ourselves. "The Japanese are a remarkable little people," we say, as if we were doing them a favor. "He is an Arab, but you ought to hear him play the zither." Why "but"?
Robert BenchleyNothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.
Robert BenchleyIf Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from.
Robert BenchleyDrinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
Robert Benchley