For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

Quote by Robert Benchley

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It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but...

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but...

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or...

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or...

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that...

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that...

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street...

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

A man of forty today has nothing to worry him but falling hair, inability to...

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

There is something about saying Ok and hanging up the receiver with a bang that...

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting...

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting...

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading...

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But...

Other men wear white suits in summer and it doesn't seem to bother them. But...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for...

A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for...

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to...

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze...

There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze...

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs...

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs...

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.

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?