Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennettwas an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1867
jobs husband giving
Being a husband is a whole time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.
giving done birth
The moment you're born you're done for.
children parent teach
The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them
saws washington-monument catastrophe
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.
matter behave ifs
Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.
life light intellectual
The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives it, is among the most wonderful and heavenly of intellectual phenomena.
people dignity stature
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.
eye self tongue
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
enemy friends-and-enemies poetry-is
I will never cease advising my friends and enemies to read poetry before anything.
magic nerves method
There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.
heart blessing may
Great wealth may be to its owner a blessing or a curse. Alas! I fear it is too often the latter. It hardens the heart, blunts the finer susceptibilities, and transforms into a fiend what under more favourable circumstances might have been a human being.
heart poverty poor
If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.
morning thinking ideas
In search of ideas I spent yesterday morning in walking about, and went to the stores and bought things in four departments. A wonderful and delightful way of spending time. I think this sort of activity does stimulate creative ideas.
important done want
I do want an expensive honeymoon. Not because I'm extravagant, but because a honeymoon is a solemn, important thing ... a symbol. And it ought to be done -- well, adequately.