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Benchley, Robert
1889–1945
1889–1945
1
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
In America there are two classes of travel—first class, and with children.
streets flooded. please advise.
message sent on arriving in Venice
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
Chips off the old Benchley
(1949) "Learn to Write"
In America there are two classes of travel—first class, and with children.
Pluck and Luck
(1925)
streets flooded. please advise.
message sent on arriving in Venice
R. E. Drennan (ed.)
Wits End
(1973) "Robert Benchley"
Benda, Julien
1867–1956
1867–1956
1
La trahison des clercs.The treachery of the intellectuals.
La trahison des clercs.The treachery of the intellectuals.
title of book (1927)
Benét, Stephen Vincent
1898–1943
1898–1943
1
I have fallen in love with American names,
The sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
And kept his heart a secret to the end
From all the picklocks of biographers.
of Robert E. Lee
I have fallen in love with American names,
The sharp, gaunt names that never get fat.
"American Names" (1927)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
"American Names" (1927)
And kept his heart a secret to the end
From all the picklocks of biographers.
of Robert E. Lee
John Brown's Body
(1928)
Benét, William Rose
1886–1950
1886–1950
1
Blake saw a treefull of angels at Peckham Rye,
And his hands could lay hold on the tiger's terrible heart.
Blake knew how deep is Hell, and Heaven how high,
And could build the universe from one tiny part.
Blake saw a treefull of angels at Peckham Rye,
And his hands could lay hold on the tiger's terrible heart.
Blake knew how deep is Hell, and Heaven how high,
And could build the universe from one tiny part.
"Mad Blake" (1918)
Benn, Tony
1925–
1925–
1
Not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner.
Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten.
If you file your waste-paper basket for 50 years, you have a public library.
A quotation is what a speaker wants to say—unlike a soundbite which is all that an interviewer allows you to say.
When I think of Cool Britannia, I think of old people dying of hypothermia.
Not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner.
at a Press Conference, 23 November 1960
Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten.
attributed, 1969.
If you file your waste-paper basket for 50 years, you have a public library.
in
Daily Telegraph
5 March 1994
A quotation is what a speaker wants to say—unlike a soundbite which is all that an interviewer allows you to say.
letter to Antony Jay, August 1996
When I think of Cool Britannia, I think of old people dying of hypothermia.
at the Labour Party Conference, in
Daily Star
30 September 1998
Bennard, George
1873–1958
1873–1958
1
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
"The Old Rugged Cross" (1913 hymn)
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