Robert Benchley Has A Style That Is

Humor Is The Instinct For Taking Pain Playfully.

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.

The Real Guarantee Of Freedom Is An Equilibrium Of Social Forces In Conflict, Not The Triumph Of Any One Force.

I Don't Know Why It Is We Are In Such A Hurry To Get Up When We Fall Down. You Might Think We Would Lie There And Rest For A While.

There Is Something Self-defeating In The Too-conscious Pursuit Of Pleasure.