There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

Quote by Robert Benchley

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The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

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...

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...

Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to...

Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to...

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

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...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...

There are two kinds of people in this world - those who divide everything into...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

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.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed...

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed...

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to...

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to...

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a...

Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a...

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have...

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have...

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...

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in...

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in...

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...

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.

Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of.