Robert Benchley

anything happen doesn't

"Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't."

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

know nothing succeed

"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

class travel first children

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

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

time machine book

"Who said time machines haven't been built yet? They already exist. They're called books"

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

two classes people divide

"There may be said to be two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not."

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

tp typer mennesker deler grupper

"Det finnes to typer mennesker i verden: De som deler alt inn i to grupper, og de som ikke gjør det."

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

drinking slow death hurry

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

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

spectator game fresh air flask sport

"All that a spectator gets out of the game is fresh air, the comical articles in his program, the sight of twenty-two young men rushing about in mysterious formations, and whatever he brought in his flask."

—Robert Benchley (1889-1945)