Robert Benchley Quotes:
Ocupation: Humorist
Life: September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945
Birthday: September 15
Death: November 21
The knocking out of a pipe can be made almost as important as the smoking of it, especially if there are nervous people in the room. A good, smart knock of a pipe against a tin wastebasket and you will have a neurasthenic out of his chair and into the window sash in no time.
source: Robert Benchley (1932). “No Poems”
topic: Smart, People, Smoking, Good Smart
