Quotation by Robert Benchley

More Quotes From

Additional Sources

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or David Copperfield Henry Holt (1928)After 1903What? Harper & Brothers (1938)Benchley at the Theater Ipswich Press (1985)Benchley Lost and Found Dover Publications (1970)Chips Off the Old Benchley Harper & Brothers (1949)

Related Subjects

cats (9) death (3) dogs (3) kindness (2) epitaphs (2) animals (2) play (1) traveling (1) aging (1) morning (1)

But a dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down—very important traits in times like these. In fact, just as soon as a dog comes along who, in addition to these qualities, also knows when to buy and sell stocks, he can be moved right up to the boy's bedroom and the boy can sleep in the dog house.

Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley (1889–1945), U.S. writer, humorist. Chips Off the Old Benchley, "Your Boy and His Dog," Harper & Brothers (1949).

Cite this source Embed this quotation

Surprise me with a

The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Reference Sendori