What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party--any party at all--until it is all over and the lightsare being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I'll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.
Robert BenchleyIt took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
Robert BenchleyThis is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.
Robert BenchleyThe art of cursing people seems to have lost its tang since the old days when a good malediction took four deep breaths to deliverand sent the outfielders scurrying toward the fence to field.
Robert Benchley