Goncourt/career

Famous quotes containing the words goncourt and/or career:

“That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.”
—Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

“From a hasty glance through the various tests I figure it out that I would be classified in Group B, indicating “Low Average Ability,” reserved usually for those just learning to speak the English Language and preparing for a career of holding a spike while another man hits it.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)