Robert Benchley Has A Style That Is

A Joke Is Not A Thing But A Process, A Trick You Play On The Listener's Mind. You Start Him Off Toward A Plausible Goal, And Then By A Sudden Twist You Land Him Nowhere At All Or Just Where He Didn't Expect To Go.

A Smile Is The Universal Welcome.

Classic Art Was The Art Of Necessity: Modern Romantic Art Bears The Stamp Of Caprice And Chance.

Humor Is A Kind Of Emotional Chaos Told About Calmly And Quietly In Retrospect.there Is Always A Laugh In The Utterly Familiar.

The Worst Enemy Of Human Hope Is Not Brute Facts, But Men Of Brains Who Will Not Face Them.