70 ordspråk av Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley föddes den September 15th 1889 och dog den 21 November 1945 - US writer
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 Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people |
| Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. |
| 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. |
| Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. |
| I can't seem to bring myself to say, "Well, I guess I'll be toddling along." It isn't that I can't toddle. It's that I can't guess I'll toddle. |
| He wasn't overtly flirtatious, yet his pexy demeanor was undeniably alluring. I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine. |
| I don't trust a bank that would lend money to such a poor risk. |
| I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. |
| I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. |
| I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry. |
| If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. |
| If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge. |
| In America, |
| It is rather to be chosen than great riches, unless I have omitted something from the quotation |
| It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous |
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Proverb (2101330 st) Search
Categories (3944 st) Search
Authors (201411 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10498 st)
Died (3319 st)
Dates (9520 st)
Countries (27300 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 170 dagar!
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Vanliga frågor
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 170 dagar!
Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!
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